Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 1996, publiée 85ème session CIT (1997)

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:

Part VII (Family benefit), Article 44 of the Convention. The Committee asks the Government to provide the information required under this Article of the Convention in the report form approved by the Governing Body. Please indicate in particular: (i) the total value of the family benefits granted for the children of persons protected; (ii) the total number of children of all persons protected or of all residents; (iii) the wage of an ordinary adult male labourer defined in accordance with Article 66 of the Convention.

Part VIII (Maternity benefit), Article 49. In reply to the Committee's previous comments the Government indicates once again that it will take the necessary steps to ensure that prenatal and postnatal care are provided free of charge, as is already the case for confinement. In these circumstances, the Committee can only express the hope that the Government will take the necessary measures in the near future to ensure the application of the Convention which lays down that this care shall be provided free of charge, and that the next report will indicate progress made in this respect.