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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. Effective date. Post, p. 3490. Authenticated and certlfied copies, dispo- sition. 59 Stat. 1052 . Notification of ratl- fications- or "accept- ances. Entry into force. Post, p. 3550 . INSTRUMENT FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITU. TION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, Having been convened at Montreal by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Twenty- ninth Session on 19 September 1946; and Having decided upon the adoption of certain amendments to the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation, a question which is included in the second item on the agenda of the Session, adopts, this ninth day of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, the following instrument for the amendment of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation, which may be cited as the Constitution of the International Labour Organ- isation Instrument of Amendment, 1946: Article 1 As from the date of the coming into force of this Instrument of Amendment, the Constitution of the International Labour Organ- isation, of which the text at present in force is set forth in the first column of the Annex to this Instrument, shall have effect as amended in the second column of the said Annex. Article 2 Two copies of this Instrument of Amendment shall be authenti- cated by the signatures of the President of the Conference and of the Director-General of the International Labour Office. One of these copies shall be deposited in the archives of the International Labour Office and the other shall be communicated to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. The Director-General will communicate a certified copy of the Instrument to all the Members of the International Labour Organisation. Article 3 1. The formal ratifications or acceptances of this Instrument of Amendment shall be communicated to the Director-General of the International Labour Office, who shall notify the Members of the Organisation of the receipt thereof. 2. This Instrument of Amendment will come into force in accord- ance with the provisions of Article 36 of the Constitution of the Organisation. 3486

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