The Government of Israel and the International labor Organization, specialized organ of the United Nations, have signed an agreement providing for the I.L.O. to supply labor and social insurance experts to assist the Jewish state, it was announced here. Dr. I. Kahany, Israel representative in Geneva, and David Morse, Director-General of the I.L.O., were the signatories.
The experts will be placed at Israel’s disposal for a period of six to twelve months, with the U.N. unit paying transportation expenses and salaries of the personnel to and from Israel. The Jewish state will pay the local transportation expenses and the daily living allowances of the experts.
The agreement also provides for Israel to supply a number of candidates for I.L.O. fellowships in foreign countries where the candidates will study new methods of labor and social insurance administration worked out there. The expenses of these men and women will be shared equally by the I.L.O. and the Israel Government.
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