GB.343/PFA/5(Rev.1)/Decision and related comments

Decision concerning the proposal for the funding of postponed 2020–21 meetings in the biennium 2022–23

Record of decisions | 19 October 2021
The Governing Body took note of the information provided in document GB.343/PFA/5(Rev.1) and proposed to the International Labour Conference at the resumed part of its 109th Session (November–December 2021) that part of the projected underspending for 2020–21, amounting to US$3,312,842, be used to finance the holding in 2022–23 of the meetings listed in the appendix to document GB.343/PFA/5(Rev.1), and that it adopt a resolution in the following terms:

The General Conference of the International Labour Organization,

Noting that, for the biennium 2020–21, there is a significant projected underspending resulting from the cancellation or postponement of budgeted official meetings in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic,

Decides that, on an exceptional basis and owing to the unprecedented circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic, part of the projected underspending for 2020–21, in the amount of US$3,312,842, be used to finance the holding in 2022 or 2023 of meetings postponed from the biennium 2020–21, as listed in the appendix to document GB.343/PFA/5(Rev.1);

Notes that, with the above appropriation, the amount available for the 2020–21 financial period under article 18.2 of the Financial Regulations for reducing the
assessed contributions of Member States will have been reduced by the same amount, expressed in Swiss francs; and

Delegates to the Governing Body the authority to deal with any residual financial issues arising out of the holding of these meetings.

(GB.343/PFA/5(Rev.1), paragraph 9)

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