Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C1947A00091:section:2:p4
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Provision Reference: s 2 (pt 4/19)
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as may be decided by the Governing Body.

       Article 6
         *      Any change in the seat of the International Labour Office shall be decided by the Conference by a two‑thirds majority of the votes cast by the delegates present.

       Article 7
         *      1.  The Governing Body shall consist of thirty‑two persons:
         *           Sixteen representing Governments,
         *           Eight representing the employers, and
         *           Eight representing the workers.
         *      2.  Of the sixteen persons representing Governments, eight shall be appointed by the Members of chief industrial importance, and eight shall be appointed by the Members selected for that purpose by the Government delegates to the Conference, excluding the delegates of the eight Members mentioned above. Of the sixteen Members represented, six shall be non‑European States.
         *      3. The Governing Body shall as occasion requires determine which are the Members of the Organisation of chief industrial importance and shall make rules to ensure that all questions relating to the selection of the Members of chief industrial importance are considered by an impartial committee before being decided by the Governing Body. Any appeal made by a Member from the declaration of the Governing Body as to which are the Members of chief industrial importance shall be decided by the Conference, but an appeal to the Conference shall not suspend the application of the declaration until such time as the Conference decides the appeal.
         *      4.  The persons representing the employers and the persons representing the workers shall be elected respectively by the employers' delegates and the workers' delegates to the Conference. Two employers' representatives and two workers' representatives shall belong to non‑European States.
         *      5.  The period of office of the Governing Body shall be three years. If for any reason the Governing Body elections do not take place on the expiry of this period, the Governing Body shall remain in office until such elections are held.
         *      6.  The method of filling vacancies and of appointing substitutes and other similar questions may be decided by the Governing Body subject to the approval of the Conference.
         *      7.  The Governing Body shall, from time to time, elect from its number a Chairman and two Vice‑Chairmen, of whom one shall be a person representing a Government, one a person representing the employers, and one a person representing the workers.
         *      8.  The Governing Body shall regulate its own procedure and shall fix its own times of meeting. A special meeting shall be held if a written request to that effect is made by at least twelve of the representatives on the Governing Body.

       Article 8
         *      1.  There shall be a Director‑General of the International Labour Office, who shall be appointed by the Governing Body,