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Whereas it is nevertheless essential to make adequate provision in respect of mining and transport undertakings for the effective enforcement of legal provisions relating to conditions of work and the protection of workers while engaged in their work ; The Conference recommends that each member should apply the following provisions as rapidly as national conditions allow and report to the International Labour Office as requested by the Governing Body concerning the measures' taken to give effect thereto: — " Each member of the International Labour Organization should apply to mining and transport undertakings as defined by the competent authority appropriate systems of labour inspection to ensure the enforcement of legal provisions relating to conditions of work and the protection of workers while engaged in their work. APPENDIX 9.—RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE THIRTIETH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE (a) Resolution concerning European and World Reconstruction The International Labour Conference, assembled in its thirtieth session at Geneva while the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and France are meeting in Paris to examine as suggested by United States Secretary of State Marshall means for speedy reconstruction of a devastated Europe, which is a first condition of world reconstruction, welcomes with great satisfaction this event of decisive importance for the future of the world. Aware of the growing poverty imposed on the peoples by the economic disorganization caused by the war and prolonged by their divisions, the Conference, in accordance with the unbroken tradition of the International Labour Organization, declares that only close and confident co-operation among the nations can ensure the termination of these hardships, a return to prosperity, and the establishment of a stable and lasting peace. In this spirit, in the spirit of the Agreement between the International Labour Organization and the United Nations, and in the conviction that questions relating to labour will be of primordial importance in connection with the action to be undertaken, the Conference affirms its readiness, within the scope of its functions, to make its full contribution, and that of the forces which it represents, to the great work of world reconstruction of which this date should be the starting point. ) (b) Resolution concerning Welfare Facilities for Workers Whereas the Declaration of Philadelphia reaffirms the fundamental principle that labour is not a commodity and recognizes the solemn obligation of the International Labour Organization to further among the nations of the world programmes which will achieve adequate protection for the life and health of workers in all occupations and the provision of adequate nutrition, housing and facilities for recreation and culture Whereas it is desirable to encourage the establishment in undertakings of amenities, and facilities designed to meet the needs of the workers in these respects; and Whereas such policies result in increased efficiency and higher productivity, The International Labour Conference, meeting in its thirtieth session— I. Draws attention to the importance of establishing in undertakings, wherever appropriate, in co-operation with representatives of the workers concerned and under properly qualified management, such services, facilities, and amenities as adequate canteens, rest and recreation facilities, sanitary and medical facilities, arrangements

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