10. Resolution of the General Council on the Programme of the Basle Congress

Upon the report of the Standing Committee the following was agreed to as the programme of the next Congress:

1. The question of landed property; 2. The right to inheritance; 3. To what extent can credit be immediately utilised by the working class;

4. The question of general education; 5. The influence of trades unions upon the emancipation of the working class.

It was further agreed that the order of proceedings be as follows:

1. Verification of Credentials; 2. Election of Congress officers; 3. Report of the General Council and reports of branches and sections;

4. Discussion of the questions on the programme;

5. Appointment of the seat of the General Council for the ensuing year;

6. Election of the members of the General Council; 7. Appointment of time and place of meeting of the next Congress.

It was further agreed that a notice be appended to the programme stating that the statistical inquiry is still proceeding.

A resolution that the discussion of the questions of the programme commence at the next meeting closed the proceedings.

Adopted by the General Council on June 22, 1869

First published as a leaflet in London

Reproduced from the Minute Book of the General Council, checked against the leaflet text