Affirms the importance which it attaches to the abolition of all systems of forced or "corrective" labour, whether employed as a means o~ politi~a! coer_cion or punishment for holding or expressmg political views or on such a scale as to constitute an important element in the economy of a country ;
2
Invitesthe Economic and Social Council and the International Labour Organisation, as a matter of urgency, to give early consideration to the report_ of the Ad H oc Committee on Forced Labour at their next sessions with this aim in view ;
3
Requeststhe Secretary-General to consult with governments which have not yet found it possible to provide information in response to the Ad Ho~ Committee's request to the effect that they submit such information before the seventeenth session of the Economic and Social Council so that these replies may be brought to the attention of the Council;
4
Requeststhe Economic and Social Council to report on forced labour to the General Assembly at its ninth session.
7 December 1953.
11 See Treaty Series, Treaties and internatio11al agre,·111ents registered or filed and recordrd ,('ifh thr Sc:'rrtariat ,, f the L·nitcd Nations, \'olurnc 75, 19.50, '.\'o. l)72, page 13.i.
