10. The Director-General has received, either directly or through the United Nations, a number of complaints which are not receivable by virtue of various provisions in the existing procedure.

11. The complaints in question are irreceivable for one or other of four reasons (a) seven because they emanate from international organisations of workers not having consultative status with the I.L.O and not having affiliates in the country concerned; (b) 60 because they emanate from national workers' organisations, in countries other than those to which the complaints relate, having no direct interest in the matter raised in the allegations ; (c) two because they emanate not from organisations of workers or employers- but from groups of persons (students, humanitarian associations) who are, moreover, in a country other than that complained against ; (d) one because it emanates from an international worker-sponsored body which, nevertheless, is not an "international organisation of workers" within the meaning of the procedure

12. So far as the first of these four categories is concerned, the Director-General has received a communication dated 6 May 1964 from the Trade Unions International of Public and Allied Employees (W.F.T.U.) containing allegations of infringements of trade union rights in Spain (Case No. 294) ; he has also received five communications from the Committee for Trade Union Co-ordination of Workers of Latin America dated respectively 2 January 1964 (Case No. 373 (Haiti)), 3 March 1964 (Case No. 384 (Ecuador)), 7 April 1964 (Case No. 385 (Brazil)), 7 April 1964 (Case No. 390 (Venezuela)) and 7 April 1964 (Case No. 391 (Ecuador)), and a communication from the Trade Unions International of Metal Trades and Engineering Workers (W.F.T.U.) dated 4 April 1964 relating to Brazil (Case No. 385).

13. With regard to complaints falling within the second category, the Director-General has received:

(a) nine communications containing allegations of infringements of trade union rights in Aden (Case No. 291) forwarded by the following organisations on the dates indicated: Federation of Libyan Trade Unions (9 December 1963), Moroccan Union of Labour, General Union of Algerian Workers, General Tunisian Union of Labour, National Congress of Libyan Trade Unions and General Union of Workers of the United Arab Republic (joint communication dated 16 December 1963), Tripoli Refinery Workers' Union (25 December 1963), Central Council of Czechoslovak Trade Unions (27 December 1963), Confederation of Free German Trade Unions (East Berlin) (18 January 1964), United Workers of the Petroleum Industry (Singapore) (21 January 1964), Pan-Cyprian Federation of Labour (27 January 1964), Pakistan National Federation of Trade Unions (30 January 1964), Central Council of Czechoslovak Trade Unions (6 February 1964) ;

(b) twenty-one communications relating to Spain (Case No. 294) sent by the following organisations on the dates indicated: Architectural Students' Association (Wismar) (16 October 1963), Confederation of Free German Trade Unions (Dresden District) (22 October 1963), German Confederation of Trade Unions (Dusseldorf Executive) (24 October 1963), Confederation of Free German Trade Unions (Magdeburg District) (28 October 1963), V.E.B. Zigarrenfabriken, Bruns, Eisenach (30 October 1963), Foundry and Engine Construction Works, East Berlin (1 November 1963), V.E.B. Berliner Nahrungsmittelwerk, East Berlin (1 November 1963), V.E.B. Ingenieurhochbau, East Berlin (I November 1963), Neues Deutschland Printing and Publishing Works, East Berlin (4 November 1963), V.E.B. Ausbau, East Berlin (5 November 1963), Confederation of Free German Trade Unions, East Berlin (5 November 1963), V.E.B. Kali-Chemic, East Berlin (7 November 1963), Hochbau Berlin-Lichtenberg (7 November 1963), V.E.B. Grossdrehmaschinenbau "7 October", East Berlin (8 November 1963), V.E.B. Secura-Werke, East Berlin (13 November 1963), V.E.B. Elektrokohle, Lichtenberg, East Berlin (14 November 1963), V.E.B. Tiefbau, East Berlin (14 November 1963), Trade Union Committee of Greater Berlin (14 November 1963), Trade Union Council of the Central District of Greater Berlin (18 November 1963), Confederation of Free German Trade Unions, East Berlin (25 March 1964), Agricultural Co-operative and Trade Union Association of the German Democratic Republic, Karl-Marx-Stadt (undated) ;

(c) a communication dated 15 April 1964, from the Pan-Cyprian Federation of Labour, relating to the Republic of South Africa (Case No. 300) ;

(d) three communications, from the Christian Confederation of Workers (Santiago, Chile), the Nigerian Workers' Council and the Union of Congolese Workers, dated respectively 19 and 20 November and 5 December 1963, relating to the Dominican Republic (Case No. 360);

(e) four communications relating to the Congo (Leopoldville) (Case No. 367) from the German Confederation of Trade Unions, Dusseldorf (29 October 1963), Christian Trade Union Movement of Peru (5 November 1963), Authentic Labour Front, Mexico (6 November 1963), Autonomous Confederation of Christian Trade Unions, Dominican Republic (6 November 1963) ;

(f) three communications relating to Portugal (Case No. 370) from the Central Council of Trade Unions of Bulgaria (26 November 1963 and 5 March 1964) and Central Council of Trade Unions of Rumania (5 March 1964) ;

(g) a communication dated 20 December 1963, from the Engine Drivers' Union of New South Wales, relating to the Federal Republic of Germany (Case No. 371) ;

(h) four communications relating to Costa Rica (Case No. 374) from the Pan-American Federation of Christian Workers (8 January 1964), Christian Workers' Confederation of Paraguay (13 January 1964), Christian Trade Union Movement of Peru (13 January 1964) and Confederation of Guyanese Trade Unionists (5 February 1964) ;

(i) four communications relating to Brazil (Case No. 385) from the Central Council of Trade Unions of Bulgaria (10 April 1964), the Pan-Cyprian Federation of Labour (13 April 1964), the General Workers' and Peasants' Union of Mexico (16 April 1964) and the Confederation of Workers of Ecuador (18 April 1964) ;

(j) a communication dated 25 March 1964, from Luagatabad Trade Union Committee, Karachi, relating to India (Case No. 386) ;

(k) two communications relating to Viet-Nam (Case No. 387) from the Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia (12 February 1964) and the Central Council of Trade Unions of Bulgaria (5 March 1964) ;

(l) a communication dated 5 May 1964, from the Libyan Labourers' Federation, relating to the Syrian Arab Republic (Case No. 393) ;

(m) three communications relating to Mexico (Case No. 394) from the Autonomous Confederation of Christian Trade Unions, Dominican Republic (23 April 1964), the Christian Association of Italian Workers (28 April 1964) and the Belgian Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (11 May 1964) ;

(n) two communications relating to Colombia (Case No. 395) from the Autonomous Confederation of Christian Trade Unions, Dominican Republic (23 April 1964) and the Authentic Trade Union Federation of Honduras (25 April 1964) ;

(o) a communication dated 23 April 1964, from the Autonomous Confederation of Christian Trade Unions, Dominican Republic, relating to Guatemala (Case No. 396).

14. There are two complaints which fall in the third category. One, dated 1 February 1964, relates to Aden (Case No. 291) and emanates from the African and Arab students studying at the F.D.G.B. College at Bernau (German Democratic Republic). The other, dated 20 March 1964, relates to Spain (Case No. 294) and emanates from the Committee of Solidarity with the Spanish People in East Berlin.

15. The complaint in the fourth category relates to Aden (Case No. 291). It consists of a communication addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, on 27 December 1963, by the International Trade Union and Juridical Commission for the Defence and Extension of Trade Union Rights and the Safeguarding of Victims of Anti-Union Repression, Prague. This body was established by the World Federation of Trade Unions in 1960 ; it consists of representatives of affiliated and non-affiliated trade union centres and also of jurists and functions in collaboration with W.F.T.U. While it functions under the auspices of W.F.T.U it cannot, in fact, be regarded as having the form of an international organisation of workers.

16. The Committee recommends the Governing Body to decide that, for the reasons indicated in paragraph 11 above, the complaints referred to in paragraphs 12 to 15 above are not receivable under the procedure in force.