Furthering the ratification of International Labour Convention

Recommendation 47 (1953)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

This Recommendation was adopted by the Assembly at its sixteenth Sitting, on 18th September, 1953 (see Doc. 167, Report of the Committee on Social Questions).

Thesaurus

The Assembly,

Recalling its Recommendation 14 of 7th December, 1951 on the adoption by the Member States of a common policy in social matters;

Being of the opinion that it would be highly desirable to obtain the ratification, to which there appears to be no major obstacle, of certain International Labour Conventions which are of great importance in the interests of labour;

Considering that measures can be taken to adapt the principles laid down in these Conventions to conditions obtaining in the respective countries,

Recommends that the Committee of Ministers

a should request the Member Governments concerned to take steps for the speedy ratification of the following International Labour Conventions:

• Convention No. 81: Labour Inspection, 1947;
• Convention No. 87: Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, 1948;
• Convention No. 88: Employment Service, 1948;
• Convention No. 94: Labour Clauses (Public Contracts), 1949;
• Convention No. 97: Migration for Employment (Revised), 1949;
• Convention No. 98: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining, 1949;
• Convention No. 102: Minimum Standards of Social Security, 1952;

b should keep the Assembly informed of the measures taken by the Governments in this field;

c should, if occasion arise, transmit to the Assembly a brief statement of the difficulties preventing or delaying ratification of these Conventions,