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draws the attention of the Members of the Organization to the bearing upon the problem of the organization of employment in the transition from war to peace of the following Conventions and Recommendations— The Unemployment Convention, 1919, The Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention, 1933, The Employment Agencies Recommendation, J 933, The Unemployment Provision Convention, 1934, The Unemployment Provision Recommendation, 1934, The Unemployment (Young Persons) Recommendation, 1935, The Vocational Training Recommendation, 1939, The Apprenticeship Recommendation, 1939, The Vocational Education (Building) Recommendation, 1937, The Minimum Age (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1937, The Minimum Age (Family Undertakings) Recommendation, 1937, The Minimum Age (Non-industrial Employment) Convention (Revised), 1937, The Minimum Age (Agriculture) Convention, 1921, The Public Works (National Planning) Recommendation, 1937, The Public Works (International Co-operation) Recommendation, 1937 ; and urges that Members which have not already done so should give consideration to ratifying the said Conventions, and to giving effect, wherever possible, to their provisions pending ratification, and that all Members should give consideration to making effective the provisions of the said Recommendations. XI Resolution concerning Co-operation in regard to the Preparation for Plans for Public Works in Countries at present in Enemy Occupation Whereas the Governments of the United Nations, whose territory is still under the occupation of the enemy, are unable to prepare detailed plans for public works in their countries, because they do not possess the data necessary for such a preparation and because they are handicapped either by the lack of trained technical personnel, or by the lack of adequate financial means, or by both ; Whereas the universities and technical colleges in some of the occupied countries have been forcibly closed for years, and laboratories, research institutes and libraries destroyed ; Whereas in most of these countries the number of previously trained technical experts has been, because of persecution, considerably reduced and the remaining experts have been for years without any communication with the outside world and consequently have been unable to keep up with the results and methods of technical progress achieved in non-occupied territories ; And whereas a considerable volume of public works will have to be undertaken upon the liberation of those countries in order to provide the basis for a speedy reconstruction, to organize the transportation network, to provide housing for the great masses of the population, and finally to provide employment; It is resolved — (a) That the Members of the International Labour Organization be invited to exchange the results of their research in the various branches of development works, including public utilities, and their experiences with the technical problems involved in the preparation and carrying out of development works programmes ; (b) That they exchange experiences gained in the planning and organization of development works and in the maintenance of such works and public utilities ; and exchange information on the education of technical experts and on making these matters known to the public ; (c) That the Conference invites the Governing Body to call a meeting of the International Public Works Committee at the earliest practicable moment and include in the agenda of the meeting the study of the exchange of such information as is referred to in clauses (a) and (/;). XII Resolution concerning Social Insurance and Related Questions in the Peace Settlement Whereas the peace settlement must necessarily comprise various clauses intended to solve a number of international problems of a social nature, of capital importance, which will arise as between the Axis and associated countries on the one hand and the United Nations on the other ; Whereas among these problems the following deserve special attention— (a) The protection of the social insurance rights of displaced persons ; (b) Indemnities for losses and damage suffered, in consequence of the war and occupation, by the social security institutions of members of the United Nations and by their nationals ; (c) The settlement of the social problems resulting from the transfer of territories and the exchange of populations ; (d) The revival of bilateral social treaties and the juridicial status under social legislation of nationals of members of the United Nations in the Axis and associated countries ; The Conference approves as a basis for the solution of the problems mentioned above the principles which are submitted in Annexes I to IV of the present Resolution ; and Invites the Governing Body to appoint within six months a special committee constituted in the manner indicated in Annex V, which should be entrusted with the preparation, on the basis of the said principles, of —- (1) Precise provisions concerning these questions for submission to the United Nations with a view to their insertion in the peace settlement; and (2) Such executive measures as may appear practical.

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