The report presents responses from 57 member States of the International Labor Organization (ILO) to 16 questions as part of the preparation for placing an item entitled "Human resources development: vocational guidance and vocational training" on the agenda of the 59th (1974) Session of the ILO Conference. For each of the questions, the question is reproduced, followed by a list indicating which governments responded and the nature of the response. The substance of selected responses is also reproduced. The replies are followed by short Office commentaries referring to the corresponding point or points of the proposed conclusions at the end of the report. Topics considered in the questions were: instruments relating to vocational guidance and vocational training, establishment of vocational guidance and training guidelines, administration, association of vocational objectives with other human resource development objectives and rural development, and economic activity guidelines. Also considered were: the scope of the instrument, the inclusion of women in training programs, evaluation of programs, program emphasis, and related research. The responses provided the basis for the Office's proposed conclusions, presented in the document's final 16 pages. (AG)