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186 of the International Labour Organization took place in New York on 28 and 29 May 1946 and resulted in an Agreement. This Agreement was signed on 30 May 1946 by Sir A. Ramaswami Mudaliar, President of the Economic and Social Council and Chairman of the Committee on Negotiations with Specialized Agencies, and Mr. G. Myrddin Evans, Chairman of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office and of the Negotiating Delegation of the International Labour Organization.

On 21 June 1946, the Economic and Social Council, during its second session, unanimously recommended the Agreement between the United Nations and the International Labour Organization to the General Assembly for its approval.

Article XX of the Agreement provides that the Agreement shall come into force on its approval by the General Assembly of the United Nations and the General Conference of the International Labour Organization.

The Agreement was approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 14 December 1946 and by the General Conference of the International Labour Organization on 2 October 1946.

The Agreement accordingly came into force on 14 December 1946.

A copy of the authentic text of the Agreement is attached hereto.

we have appended our signatures this nineteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, to two original copies of the present Protocol, the text of which consists of versions in the English and French languages which are equally authentic. One of the original copies will be filed and recorded with the Secretariat of the United Nations and the other will be deposited in the archives of the International Labour Office.

Article 57 of the Charter of the United Nations provides that specialized agencies established by intergovernmental agreement and having wide