Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Parts I and II of the Convention. Improvement of standards of living. The Committee notes with regret that the Government has not provided information on the application of the Convention for many years. It requests the Government to provide information on the manner in which the provisions of Convention No. 117, which are intended to ensure that "all policies shall be primarily directed to the well-being and development of the population", have been taken into account in the formulation and implementation of the measures adopted in the context of its economic programmes and its poverty reduction strategy (Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention).

Part IV. Remuneration of workers. The Committee recalls that, in its previous comments, it pointed out that, under the terms of Article 12 of the Convention, the maximum amounts and manner of repayment of advances on wages are to be regulated by the competent authority. The Government had stated in previous reports that it was examining these questions in the private sector. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the progress achieved in regulating the maximum amounts and manner of repayment of advances on wages.

Part VI. Education and training. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the progress achieved in the field of vocational and informal training and, in particular, in primary education (Article 15).

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2006.]