Constitutional Amendments
The Constitution of the International Labour Organisation Instrument of Amendment, 1997
At its Eighty-fifth Session (June 1997), the International Labour Conference
adopted an Amendment to
the Constitution
of the International Labour Organisation by which the Conference may, acting
on a proposal of the Governing Body, by a majority of two-thirds of the votes
cast by the delegates present, abrogate any Convention if it appears that the
Convention has lost its purpose or that it no longer makes a useful contribution
to attaining the objectives of the Organisation.
Ratifications of the 1997 Constitutional Amendment
The Constitution of the International Labour Organisation Instrument
of Amendment, 1997 will enter into force when it is ratified or
accepted by two-thirds (122/182) of the Members of the Organization
including five of the ten Members which are represented on the Governing
Body as Members of chief industrial importance. The total number
of ratifications
and acceptances - (pdf 63 KB), thus
far, is 107 including six by member States of chief industrial importance
(China, France, India, Italy, Japan and United Kingdom). A campaign
- (pdf 193 KB) to bring this Amendment
into force has been launched.
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