Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO350, June 2008

Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body

1. 157. At its meeting in March 2008, the Committee requested the Government to ensure that the wages and other benefits owing to union official Mr Roger Augusto Rivera Gamarra (whose reinstatement had been ordered by a ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice dated 13 September 2007) are paid [see 349th Report, paras 1177 and 1180].
2. 158. In its communication dated 11 March 2008, the Government states that the reinstatement of Mr Roger Augusto Rivera Gamarra at the National Institute for Agricultural Research took effect on 18 January 2008 and that the planned budget item is due to include the payment of the outstanding wages, in accordance with the ruling of the Supreme Court.
3. 159. The Committee takes note of this information and requests the Government to confirm that the outstanding wages have been paid to union official Mr Roger Augusto Rivera Gamarra, in accordance with the ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice.