Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C1947A00091:section:2:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C1947A00091
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2 (pt 5/19)
Character Range: 12481–15514

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, and, subject to the instructions of the Governing Body, shall be responsible for the efficient conduct of the International Labour Office and for such other duties as may be assigned to him.
         *      2. The Director‑General or his deputy shall attend all meetings of the Governing Body.

       Article 9
         *      1.  The staff of the International Labour Office shall be appointed by the Director‑General under regulations approved by the Governing Body.
         *      2.  So far as is possible with due regard to the efficiency of the work of the Office, the Director‑General shall select persons of different nationalities.
         *      3.  A certain number of these persons shall be women.
         *      4.  The responsibilities of the Director‑General and the staff shall be exclusively international in character. In the performance of their duties, the Director‑General and the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any Government or from any other authority external to the Organisation. They shall refrain from any action which might reflect on their position as international officials responsible only to the Organisation.
         *      5.  Each Member of the Organisation undertakes to respect the exclusively international character of the responsibilities of the Director‑General and the staff and not to seek to influence them in the discharge of their responsibilities.
         *     Article 10
         *      1.  The functions of the International Labour Office shall include the collection and distribution of information on all subjects relating to the international adjustment of conditions of industrial life and labour, and particularly the examination of subjects which it is proposed to bring before the Conference with a view to the conclusion of international Conventions, and the conduct of such special investigations as may be ordered by the Conference or by the Governing Body.
         *     2.  Subject to such directions as the Governing Body may give, the Office will—
           (a) prepare the documents on the various items of the agenda for the meetings of the Conference;
            (b) accord to Governments at their request all appropriate assistance within its power in connection with the framing of laws and regulations on the basis of the decisions of the Conference and the improvement of administrative practices and systems of inspection;
           (c)  carry out the duties required of it by the provisions of this Constitution in connection with the effective observance of Conventions;
           (d) edit and issue, in such languages as the Governing Body may think desirable, publications dealing with problems of industry and employment of international interest.
         *      3.