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Organization, which may be cited as the " Constitution of the International Labour Organization Instrument of Amendment, 1945 ": Article 1 In the final paragraph of the Preamble to the Constitution of the Organization the words " Constitution of the International Labour Organization " shall be inserted after the word " following." Article 2 'The following paragraphs shall be substituted for the present paragraph 2 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the Organization:— " 2. The members of the International Labour Organization shall be the States which were members of the Organization on Ist November, 1945, and such other States as may become Members in pursuance of the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article. " 3. Any original member of the United Nations and any State admitted to membership of the United Nations by a, decision of the General Assembly in accordance with the provisions of the Charter may become a member of the International Labour Organization by communicating to the Director of the International Labour Office its formal acceptance of the obligations of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization. "4. The General Conference of the International Labour Organization may also admit members to the Organization by a vote concurred in by twothirds of the delegates attending the session, including two-thirds of the Government delegates present and voting. Such admission shall take effect on the communication to the Director of the International Labour Office by the Government of the new member of its formal acceptance of the obligations of the Constitution of the Organization. " 5. No member of the International Labour Organization may withdraw from the Organization without giving notice of its intention so to do to the Director of the International Labour Office. Such notice shall take effect two years after the date of its reception by the Director, subject to the member having at that time fulfilled all financial obligations arising out of Its membership. When a member has ratified any international labour Convention, such withdrawal shall not affect the continued validity for the period provided for in the Convention of all obligations arising thereunder or relating thereto. " 6. In the event of any State having ceased to be a member of the Organization, its readmission to membership shall be governed by the provisions of paragraph 3 or paragraph 4 of this article, as the case may be." Article 3 The following shall be substituted for the present text of Article 13 of the Constitution of the Organization:— " 1. The International Labour Organization may make such financial and budgetary arrangements with the United Nations as may appear appropriate. " 2. Pending the conclusion of such arrangements or if at any time no such arrangements are in force—"(a) Each of the members will pay the travelling and subsistence expenses of its delegates and their advisers and of its representatives attending the meetings of the Conference or the Governing Body, as the case may be; "(b) All the other expenses of the International Labour Office and of the meetings of the Conference or Governing Body shall be paid by the Director of the International Labour Office out of the general funds of the International Labour Organization;

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