Repetition

Article 5(1) of the Convention. Effective tripartite consultations. In reply to the Committee’s previous comments, the Government indicates that copies of the reports and questionnaires to be submitted to the ILO are sent to the most representative employers’ and workers’ organizations in order to obtain their comments. It adds that all comments received from the social partners are then included in the Government’s reports. The Government also indicates that discussions concerning the possibility of ratifying the Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 (No. 94), were held in the tripartite Economic and Social Council (ESC) on 10 April 2015 and 7 January 2016. The Government indicates that consensus had not yet been reached among the competent ministries regarding the possible ratification of the Convention. Therefore, the ESC adopted a decision that the competent ministries would submit their individual views on the matter, which would then be sent to the social partners for their comments. Moreover, the Committee notes the adoption of the Rules of Procedure of the Economic and Social Council on 23 December 2016 which, among other things, defines the key economic and social areas that make up the ESC’s field of work, and introduced ESC Expert Committees and Negotiating Teams, including the Expert Committee on Labour and Social Affairs. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that section 3 of the Rules of Procedure provides that key ILO documents are one of the main economic and social areas with which the ESC is concerned.The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide detailed information on the content and outcome of the consultations held in the Economic and Social Council on all matters concerning international labour standards covered by Article 5(1) of the Convention, in particular, on the re-examination of unratified Conventions and of Recommendations to which effect has not yet been given (Article 5(1)(c)).