Proclamation No. 6 Series of 1954




MALACAÑANG RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES Manila Proclamation No. 6 ACCEPTING AND MAKING PUBLIC THE ACCEPTANCE FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES OF THE INSTRUMENT FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION, 1953 WHEREAS, the International Labor Conference adopted at its 36th Session, on June 25, 1953, by 189 votes to 0, with two abstentions, an Instrument for the Amendment of the Constitution of the International Labor Organization, 1953; WHEREAS, under article 36 of the Constitution of the International Labor Organization, amendments "which are adopted by the conference by a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast by the delegates present shall take effect when ratified or accepted by two-thirds of the members of the organization including five of the eight members which are represented on the Governing Body as members of chief industrial importance in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of article 7 of this Constitution"; WHEREAS, the purpose of the aforesaid Instrument for the amendment of the Constitution of the International Labor Organization is to increase the size of the Governing Body of the International Labor Office to take account of the increases in the membership of the International Labor Organization and to delete the last sentence of paragraph 2 of article 7 of the Constitution of said Organization, which, has long ceased to correspond to present conditions; and WHEREAS, it is necessary that the Instrument for the Amendment of the Constitution of the International Labor Organization be brought into force before the 37th Session of the International Labor Conference convenes in June, 1954; NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, do hereby accept for the Government of the Republic of the Philippines the Instrument for the Amendment of the Constitution of the International Labor Organization, 1953, a certified copy of which is hereto annexed, and hereby proclaim and make public such acceptance to the end that the said Instrument and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the Republic of the Philippines and the citizens thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth. RAMON MAGSAYSAY President of the Philippines By the President: FRED RUIZ CASTRO Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation