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APPENDIX No. 10.—RESOLUTION CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL MACHINERY FOR SAFEGUARDING FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION The Conference, Recalling the Resolution concerning international machinery for safeguarding freedom of association adopted by the Conference at its Thirtieth Session (July, 1947), requesting the Governing Body to examine this question in all its aspects and to report back to the Conference at its Thirty-first Session, Having taken note of the report presented by the Governing Body in conformity with the above-mentioned Resolution, Having taken note also of the Resolution adopted by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations at its Fifth Session (August, 1947), requesting the Secretary-General of the United Nations to arrange for co-operation between the International Labour Organization and the Commission on Human Rights on the question of enforcement of trade-union rights, Having taken note also of the Resolution adopted by the Assembly of the United Nations at its Second Session (September-November, 1947), recommending to the International Labour Organization that it pursue urgently, in collaboration with the United Nations and in conformity with the Resolution of the International Labour Conference, the study of the control of the application of trade-union rights, Considering that the Constitution of the International Labour Organization provides adequate guarantees for the application of international labour Conventions in general, Recognizing, however, that the exercise of the right of the freedom of association as provided for in the Convention might be endangered by interference with other fundamental rights, the safeguarding of which lies outside the competence of the International Labour Organization but within the competence of the United Nations, especially that of the Commission on Human Rights, Considering that additional international machinery for safeguarding freedom of association in all its aspects, established in collaboration with the United Nations, may be necessary effectively to complete the guarantees provided by the Constitution of the International Labour Organization, guarantees which may be neither abrogated nor suspended, requests the Governing Body, accordingly, to enter into consultations with the competent organs of the United Nations, for the purpose of examining what developments to existing international machinery may be necessary to ensure the safeguarding of freedom of association, and to report back to the Conference at an early session. APPENDIX No. 11.—RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE AND TO BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY The Conference, Having before it the eighth item of its Agenda, consisting of the following points; application of the principles of the right to organize and to bargain collectively, collective agreements, conciliation and arbitration, and co-operation between public authorities and employers' and workers' organizations; Having realized that it was materially impossible to study the whole of this item during its next session ;

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