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adopts, this eleventh day of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, the following Convention, which may be cited as the Right of Association (Nonmetropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947. Article 1 This Convention applies to non-metropolitan territories. Article 2 The rights of employers and employed alike to associate for all lawful purposes shall be guaranteed by appropriate measures. Article 3 All practicable measures shall be taken to assure to trade unions which are representative of the workers concerned the right to conclude collective agreements with employers or employers' organizations. Article 4 All practicable measures shall be taken to consult and associate the representatives of organizations of employers and workers in the establishment and working of arrangements for the protection of workers and the application of labour legislation. Article 5 All procedures for the investigation of disputes between employers and workers shall be as simple and expeditious as possible. Article 6 1. Employers and workers shall be encouraged to avoid disputes, and if they arise to reach fair settlements by means of conciliation. 2. For this purpose all practicable measures shall be taken to consult and associate the representatives of organizations of employers and workers in the establishment and working of conciliation machinery. 3. Subject to the operation of such machinery, public officers shall be responsible for the investigation of disputes and shall endeavour to promote conciliation and to assist the parties in arriving at a fair settlement. 4. Where practicable, these officers shall be officers specially assigned to such duties. Article 7 1. Machinery shall be created as rapidly as possible for the settlement of disputes between employers and workers. 2. Representatives of the employers and workers concerned, including representatives of their respective organizations, where such exist, shall be associated where practicable in the operation of the machinery, in such manner and to such extent, but in any case in equal numbers and on equal terms, as may be determined by the competent authority. Article 8 1. In respect of the territories referred to in Article 35 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization, as amended by the Constitution of the International Labour Organization Instrument of Amendment, 1946, other than the territories referred

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