Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee notes with interest the information provided in the Government's first and second reports. The Government has referred to certain general occupational safety and health measures already provided for in the legislation and has indicated that, in order to ensure the application of the Convention, draft regulations concerning safety in the use of asbestos have been elaborated and that the representative workers' and employers' organizations have been sent copies of the draft for their comments.

The Committee recalls that, under Article 3 of the Convention, national laws or regulations are to prescribe the measures to be taken for the prevention, control of, and protection of workers against, health hazards due to occupational exposure to asbestos. The Government is requested to indicate, in its next report, the progress made in this regard and to provide a copy of any texts adopted to ensure the application of the provisions of the Convention.