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5. (1) The administration of statutory welfare provisions should be subject to State control. (2) Tripartite committees consisting of representatives of the Government and of equal numbers of representatives of employers' and workers' organizations should be established to advise the Government in the formulation and administration of statutory welfare provisions. (3) The Government should institute an inquiry upon a complaint being laid before the appropriate authority. 6. The workers should have the right to co-operate- in the administration of the welfare facilities provided in or in connection with undertakings by such means as representation on welfare committees or other bodies whose functions include this responsibility. 7. Efforts should be encouraged to organize canteens and other feeding arrangements for workers on a co-operative basis, and consideration should be given to providing assistance for such co-operatives from employers or the Government or both. 8. As health conditions are of supreme importance and affect the earning capacity of the workers, Governments should improve and co-ordinate medical services by—(a) Providing for the recruitment, training and availability of health personnel, including doctors, nurses, public health nurses, sanitary inspectors and midwives : (b) Providing for the establishment, staffing and maintenance of health centres in both rural and industrial areas : (c) Ensuring close co-operation between hospitals, dispensaries, clinics, welfare centres and the homes of the workers : (d) Ensuring close co-operation between industry, agriculture, health, education and other social services, so that the standard of health and living of the workers may be improved. APPENDIX No. 6- EESOLUTION ON INTERNATIONAL ACTION REGARDING THE CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN ASIAN COUNTRIES Having regard to the expressed need of Asian countries for all available information on current experiences and achievements of the co-operative movement both within the Asian region and elsewhere, in order to assist them in evolving the most effective techniques to deal with their own problems of co-operative development; Having regard to the desirability of making concrete arrangements to meet this need on a broad international scale, 1. The Conference urges that persons holding responsible posts in the co-operative movements of Asian countries should be given facilities to enable them to visit other countries for theoretical or practical studies, or in order to attend congresses and other co-operative meetings. 2. The Conference recalls and endorses the recommendation of the Asian Regional Conference held at New Delhi in 1947, that periodical regional meetings should be held to provide officials of the co-operative departments as well as representatives of the co-operative organizations in Asian countries opportunities of pooling their experiences, comparing the results of their work and improving their methods, and of discussing and devising means of encouraging the establishment of direct trade relations between co-operative societies of Asian countries. 3. The Conference invites the Governing Body to appoint corresponding members of the Advisory Committee on Co-operation for each Asian country, in consultation with the central co-operative organizations and the Government co-operative services in those countries.

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