to taking fully into account their experience and views and securing their full co-operation in formulating and
enlisting support for such policies.
Article 4
The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to the Director-General of the International
Labour Office for registration.
Article 5
1. This Convention shall be binding only upon those Members of the International Labour Organisation whose
ratifications have been registered with the Director-General.
2. It shall come into force twelve months after the date on which the ratifications of two Members have been
registered with the Director-General.
3. Thereafter, this Convention shall come into force for any Member twelve months after the date on which its
ratification has been registered.
Article 6
1. A Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after the expiration of ten years from the date on
which the Convention first comes into force, by an act communicated to the Director-General of the International
Labour Office for registration. Such denunciation shall not take effect until one year after the date on which it is
registered.
2. Each Member which has ratified this Convention and which does not, within the year following the expiration of
the period of ten years mentioned in the preceding paragraph, exercise the right of denunciation provided for in this
Article, will be bound for another period of ten years and, thereafter, may denounce this Convention at the expiration
of each period of ten years under the terms provided for in this Article.
Article 7
1. The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall notify all Members of the International Labour
Organisation of the registration of all ratifications and denunciations communicated to him by the Members of the
Organisation.
2. When notifying the Members of the Organisation of the registration of the second ratification communicated to
him, the Director-General shall draw the attention of the Members of the Organisation to the date upon which the
Convention will come into force.