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(3) Decisions taken on the above items were : (i) The Conference adopted nine major groups for the international standard classification of occupations. The Conference also recommended that the International Labour Office should carry forward its work on the classification of occupations with the aim of estabhshing sub-groups or occupational unit groups that would be comparable internationally. (ii) The Conference adopted a resolution urging countries to ratify Convention No. 63 if they had not already done so. In addition, the Conference adopted resolutions relating to statistics of real wages, wages by occupations, and social security costs. (iii) The Conference adopted a resolution setting international standards for the conduct of family-living studies. In addition, it adopted resolutions recommending that the Office should arrange for the study of different methods of collecting information for family-living studies and proposing that a committee of qualified technical experts be set up to study the problems of family-living studies in less well-developed areas. (iv) The Conference recommended that the Office should continue its studies of labour productivity, and that the subject should be placed on the agenda of the next International Conference of Labour Statisticians. (v) The Conference adopted a resolution that no Convention on the subject be adopted at the present but suggested that the Office should prepare a report on the classification of causes of industrial injuries for the next session of the International Conference of Labour Statisticians. (<7) Conference of Experts on Pneumoconiosis (1) The above Conference was held at the University of Sydney from the 28th February to 11th March. (2) The agenda was : (i) Present stage of knowledge of pathogenesis, clinical aspects, and diagnosis of pneumoconiosis. (ii) Present stage of preventive measures (medical and social measures ; mechanical and technical measures). (iii) Exchange of views on the possibility of defining minimum international standards of compensation for disability caused by pneumoconiosis. New Zealand was represented by Dr. D. P. Kennedy, District Industrial Medical Officer, Christchurch, and Dr. E. C. Brewis, of Hamilton. (h) Fact-finding and Conciliation Commission on Freedom of Association (1) A proposal for the setting-up of such a Commission was approved by the Governing Body in June, 1949. Following consultations with the Secretary-General of United Nations, the Economic and Social Council requested the 1.L.0. to proceed with its establishment. Accordingly, the Governing Body at its January, 1950, session, approved the establishment of a nine-man panel to examine infringement of trade-union rights. It is to act on behalf of the United Nations as well as the 1.L.0. Complaints can be referred to the Commission by either the Governing Body or the general Conference of the 1.L.0. Any Government against which a complaint is made may also ask the Commission to investigate. Complaints cannot be referred to the Commission without the consent of the Government concerned;

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