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The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,

Having been convened at Genoa by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, on the 15th day of June, 1920, and

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the ‘Supervision of articles of agreement. Provision of facilities for finding employment for seamen. Application to seamen of the Convention and Recommendations adopted at Washington in November last in regard to unemployment and unemployment insurance,’ which is the second item in the agenda for the Genoa meeting of the Conference, and

Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international convention,

adopts the following Convention, which may be cited as Convention for establishing facilities for finding employment for seamen, 1920, for ratification by the Members of the International Labour Organisation, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation: