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(c) Takes note that the Constitution of the Organization, as amended by the 1946 Instrument of Amendment, makes provision for — (i) The participation in the International Labour Conference, as members of the delegations of members of the Organization, of representatives and advisers from non-metropolitan territories ; (ii) The acceptance on behalf of such territories of Conventions relating to matters within their self-governing Powers. (id) Requests the Governing Body to give early consideration to — (i) The feasibility and desirability of making provision for the participation of these territories in appropriate industrial committees, including, in particular, the proposed Industrial Committee on Plantation Labour; (ii) The appointment of experts from such territories in the expert Committees of the Organization. The Conference welcomes the inclusion in the Indian delegation to the present Conference of representatives of a number of Indian States, and trusts that the States will continue to be fully associated with India's participation in the Organization and in the implementation of the decisions of the Organization. IY The Conference emphasizes the importance of the regular attendance at tripartite meetings of the Organization of complete delegations from Asian countries, including Government, employers', and workers' representatives, and requests the Governing Body to consider how such regular attendance can best be facilitated. 2. Resolution concerning Labour Standards in Japan As is pointed out by the Preamble to the Constitution of the International Labour Organization, the failure of any nation to adopt humane conditions of labour is an obstacle in the way of other nations which desire to improve the conditions in their own countries. A general improvement in the labour standards of the Asian countries cannot be secured on a national basis unless the standards agreed upon are applicable to Japan. The Conference therefore requests the Governing Body to consider the advisability of — (a) Communicating through the appropriate channel to the Japanese Government, and asking it to communicate to the employers' and workers' organizations in Japan, the decisions and documents of the present Conference; and of advising the Japanese Government, through the appropriate channel, to associate itself with the decisions of the Conference ; (b) Authorizing the Director-General of the International Labour Office to discuss with the appropriate authorities the desirability of a fact-finding mission of the International Labour Office visiting Japan to collect adequate current information concerning labour conditions, man-power organization, vocational training, industrial relations, and social security conventions in Japan for inclusion in the reports prepared for the Asian Regional Conference to be held in China ; (c) Arranging, through the appropriate channel, to secure regular annual reports on .the application of the International Labour Conventions which are binding on Japan by reason of ratification while Japan was a member of the International Labour Organization; (d) Examining at an appropriate time the desirability of readmitting Japan to the Interna: c ral Labour Organization.

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