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PREAMBLE     [go to this PREAMBLE]
... Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its fortieth session on 5 June 1957, and Having considered the question of forced labour, which is the fourth item on the agenda of the session, and ...


ARTICLE-3     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Office for registration. ...


ARTICLE-5     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1 . A Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after the expiration of ten years from the date on which the Convention first comes into force, by an act communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Office for registration. Such denunciation shall not take effect until one year after the date on which it is registered. ...


ARTICLE-6     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall notify all Members of the International Labour Organisation of the registration of all ratifications and denunciations communicated to him by the Members of the Organisation. ...


ARTICLE-7     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall communicate to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations full particulars of all ratifications and acts of denunciation registered by him in accordance with the provisions of the preceding articles. ...


ARTICLE-8     [go to this ARTICLE]
... At such times as it may consider necessary the Governing Body of the International Labour Office shall present to the General Conference a report on the working of the Convention and shall examine the desirability of placing on the agenda of the Conference the question of its revision in whole or in part. ...