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On the coming into force of this Instrument the Director‑General of the International Labour Office shall so notify all the members of the International Labour Organisation and the Secretary‑General of the United Nations.
       Schedule 3—Instrument for the Amendment of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation

Section 4

   The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation;

    Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Forty‑eighth Session on 17 June 1964; and

    Having decided upon the substitution for article 35 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation of the proposals referred to the Conference by the Governing Body at its One hundred and fifty‑seventh Session, a question which is the ninth item on the agenda of the session;

adopts this sixth day of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty‑four the following instrument for the amendment of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation, which may be cited as the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation Instrument of Amendment (No. 1), 1964.

Article 1

As from the date of the coming into force of this Instrument of Amendment, article 19 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation shall be amended by the addition of the following paragraph:

"9. With a view to promoting the universal application of Conventions to all peoples, including those who have not yet attained a full measure of self‑government, and without prejudice to the self‑governing powers of any territory, Members ratifying Conventions shall accept their provisions so far as practicable in respect of all territories for whose international relations they are responsible.
    (a) Where the subject‑matter of the Convention is within the self‑governing powers of any territory, the obligation of the Member responsible for the international relations of that territory shall be to bring the Convention to the notice of the government of the territory as soon as possible with a view to the enactment of legislation or other action by such government; if the government of the territory so agrees, the Member shall communicate to the Director‑General of the International Labour Office a declaration accepting the obligations of the Convention on behalf of such territory.
    (b) A declaration accepting the obligations of any Convention may be communicated to the Director‑General of the International Labour Office—
         (i) by two or more Members of the Organisation in respect of any territory which is under their joint authority; or
         (ii) by any international authority responsible for the administration of any territory, in virtue of the Charter of the United Nations or otherwise, in respect of any such territory.
    (c) Acceptance of the obligations of a Convention in virtue of subparagraph (a) or subparagraph