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operation, insurance and credit in all aspects ; collect 

 and publish information which may be useful in 

 the various countries for the organization of works 

 connected therewith; 



"(6) Submit to the approval of the Governments, 

 if there is occasion for it, measures for the protection 

 of the common interests of farmers and for the im- 

 provement of their conditions." 



Practically all countries, without distinction of 

 religion, race, language or political organization, 

 have united in the work of the Institute, and it is 

 rapidly acquiring a place of great importance in the 

 development of agricultural resources. 



The International Labor Organization also occu- 

 pies a unique position among the agencies promot- 

 ing international welfare. Article 23 of the cove- 

 nant of the League of Nations pledges the constitu- 

 ent members "to endeavor to secure and to maintain 

 fair and humane conditions of labor throughout the 

 world." The International Labor Organization, 

 which comes within the general scheme of the 

 League of Nations, is based, not on the covenant 

 but on a provision in the Treaty of Versailles, which 

 lays down a series of principles governing labor con- 

 ditions. The International Labor Organization, al- 

 though all the states that are members of the League 

 are also members of it and although the budget is 

 subject to the control of the League Assembly, is 

 an autonomous organization with its own governing 

 body, its own general conference and its own secre- 



