SAMI Briefing Maritime Labour Convention FAQs and Text March 2013

Maritime Labour Convention, 2006DEPOSITARY FUNCTIONSArticle XI1. The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall notify allMembers of the International Labour Organization of the registration of all ratifications,acceptances and denunciations under this Convention.2. When the conditions provided for in paragraph 3 of Article VIII have beenfulfilled, the Director-General shall draw the attention of the Members of the Organizationto the date upon which the Convention will come into force.Article XIIThe Director-General of the International Labour Office shall communicate tothe Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration in accordance with Article102 of the Charter of the United Nations full particulars of all ratifications, acceptancesand denunciations registered under this Convention.SPECIAL TRIPARTITE COMMITTEEArticle XIII1. The Governing Body of the International Labour Office shall keep the workingof this Convention under continuous review through a committee established by itwith special competence in the area of maritime labour standards.2. For matters dealt with in accordance with this Convention, the Committeeshall consist of two representatives nominated by the Government of each Memberwhich has ratified this Convention, and the representatives of Shipowners and Seafarersappointed by the Governing Body after consultation with the Joint MaritimeCommission.3. The Government representatives of Members which have not yet ratifiedthis Convention may participate in the Committee but shall have no right to vote onany matter dealt with in accordance with this Convention. The Governing Body mayinvite other organizations or entities to be represented on the Committee by observers.4. The votes of each Shipowner and Seafarer representative in the Committeeshall be weighted so as to ensure that the Shipowners’ group and the Seafarers’ groupeach have half the voting power of the total number of governments which are representedat the meeting concerned and entitled to vote.AMENDMENT OF THIS CONVENTIONArticle XIV1. Amendments to any of the provisions of this Convention may be adopted bythe General Conference of the International Labour Organization in the frameworkof article 19 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation and the rulesand procedures of the Organization for the adoption of Conventions. Amendments tothe Code may also be adopted following the procedures in Article XV.8