[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 104 (Tuesday, August 2, 1994)]
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 REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--ILO CONVENTION (NO. 150) CONCERNING 
                          LABOR ADMINISTRATION

  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, as in executive session, I ask unanimous 
consent that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the ILO 
Convention No. 150 Concerning Labor Administration (Treaty Document No. 
103-26) transmitted to the Senate by the President on July 26, 1994; 
and ask that the treaty be considered as having been read the first 
time; that it be referred, with accompanying papers, to the Committee 
on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed; and that the 
President's message be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The message of the President, is as follows:

To the Senate of the United States:
  With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to 
ratification, I transmit herewith a certified copy of the Convention 
(No. 150) Concerning Labor Administration: Role, Functions and 
Organization, adopted by the International Labor Conference at its 64th 
Session in Geneva on June 7, 1978.
  The report of the Department of State, with a letter from the 
Secretary of Labor, concerning the Convention is enclosed.
  As explained more fully in the enclosed letter from the Secretary of 
Labor, the Current system of labor administration in the United States 
fully satisfies the requirements of Convention No. 150. Ratification of 
this Convention, therefore, would not require the United States to 
alter its law or practice in this field.
  Ratificaton of additional International Labor Organization (ILO) 
conventions will enhance the ability of the United States to take other 
governments to task for failing to comply with the ILO instruments they 
have ratified. I recommend that the Senate give its advice and consent 
to the ratification of ILO Convention No. 150.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, July 26, 1994.

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