I overensstemmelse med ILO’s statut berører konferencens vedtagelse af en konvention eller henstilling eller en medlemsstats ratifikation af en konvention i intet tilfælde love, kendelser, sædvane eller overenskomster, som tilsikrer de pågældende arbejdstagere gunstigere vilkår end konventionen eller henstillingen.
In accordance with the ILO Constitution, the adoption of any Convention or Recommendation by the Conference, or the ratification of any Convention by any Member, is deemed in no case to affect any law, award, custom or agreement which ensures more favourable conditions to the workers concerned than those provided for in the Convention or Recommendation.