Whereas it is essential and indispensable that a State should possess complete administrative Integrity as regards labour questions In order to Keqursts the Governing Body to examine the question and to con~ slider the adoption of any steps or procedure which might lead to an Sead effective solution of this urgent problem by direct agreement between The various authorities concerned or, falling such an agreement, by an international Convention, with a view to ensuring the application of a uniform system of protection for the workers in all undertakings situated on Chinese territory. irrespective of whether they are or are not situated in the foreign settlements or wheth they oer do not enjoy extraterriteriauty, "(Submitted by Mr. Mertens, Workers, Belgium, and other dele-
all ies, ahd adopted by 162 votes to Climatic Conaltions Having regard to the obligation she imposed upon it by Article 19 (3) of the Constitution of the Organisation, namely, that "in framing any Re. commendation or Draft Convention of eneral application the Conference shall have due regard to those countries in which climate conditions, the imperfect development of industrial organisation, or other special circumstances make the industrial conditions substantially different and shall suggest the modifications, if any, which it considers may be required meet the ease of such countries"; Recognising that circumstances have made it diMlcult for the Conference to give adequate consideration to the question of introducing into the Draft Convention on the reduction of hours of work in the textile industry special provisions in pursuance of this Article of the Constitution; Considering nevertheless that' it is of the highest importance that hours.
work in the textile industry should be regulated in accordance with an International Convention in all counies, including those in which it may not be practicable to apply without modification the provisions of the Draft Convention adopted by this Session of the Conference; Requests the Governing Body of the International Labour Office to give immediate consideration to the question of the adoption of a special Draft Convention "determining the modifications of the provisions of the Draft Convention on the reduction of hours of work in the textile ina Member of the International Labour Organization; Whereas it Is impossible for a State to apply Its labour legislation satisfactorily within its territory if the Industrial and commercial undertakings in the country which are managed by certain foreigners are not subject to the application of such legislation by the State, whilst other industrial and commercial undertak-{ings are subject there!
Whereas the industrial aid commer-dal undertakings in the country mai aged by certain foreigners, who are not subject either as regards them-"selves or their undertakings to the application of labour legislation, nevertheless employ large numbers of the nationals of the country in ques tion, whom they thus deprive of the legitimate protection of the national legislation applied by their own Government; dustry for such countries with a view fo the placing of this question on the Agenda of the Conference.
Conference of Asiatic Countries Whereas itis urgently necessary, both in the interest df the workers directly concerned and as a contribu tion to the economic prosperity of the world as a whole, to promote far-reaching improvements in conditions of life and labour in Asiatic countries; and.
Whereas the urgency of such action has once again been emphasised by the resolution adopted by the Asiatic Labour Congress held in Tokyo in May 1997, urging that the attention of the International Labour Confer-fence be drawn. once more to the importance of establishing a Tripartite Asiatic Committee to promote this Notes with satisfaction that the resolution adopted in 1936 for the
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