Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 1998, publiée 87ème session CIT (1999)

The Committee notes the Government's report for the period ending June 1997. It would be grateful if the Government would provide additional information in its next report on the following points:

Article 2 of the Convention. The Committee notes the statement according to which the representative organizations of employers and workers are consulted on a number of matters relating to ILO activities enumerated in Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention. It also notes that the Government intends to rehabilitate the Labour Advisory Board to handle all the matters mentioned above enumerated in Article 5, paragraph 1. It requests the Government to describe how the nature and form of the procedures established ensure the application of this Article. It also requests it to indicate the manner in which these procedures are determined, to indicate all consultations held for this purpose with the representative organizations and to provide, as appropriate, any text governing these procedures.

Article 4. The Government is requested to describe the manner in which the administrative support is provided for the procedures covered by the Convention.

Article 5. The Committee notes the brief information to the effect that consultations have been held on the matters enumerated in paragraph 1(b), (c) and (d). It hopes that consultations will also in future cover the subject set out in point (a) of the same paragraph and that the Government will provide more detailed information on the consultations which are held. The Government is also requested to indicate the frequency of such consultations and to indicate the nature of any reports or recommendations issued.

Article 6. The Government is requested to indicate whether the question of issuing a report on the working of the consultation procedures covered by the Convention has been the subject of consultation with the social partners. Please provide, where appropriate, information on the results of such consultations.