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Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974 (No. 139) - Guinea (RATIFICATION: 1976)

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its previous observation which read as follows:

In the comments that it has been making since 1983, the Committee has noted that no specific measures have been taken since the Convention was ratified to prevent and control occupational cancer in accordance with the Convention. In 1990, the Committee noted that, during the discussion concerning the application of this Convention in the Committee on the Application of Standards in the 1989 Conference, the Government expressed its wish for technical assistance from the ILO with a view to drawing up as quickly as possible an adequate legal framework for protection against occupational cancer. The Conference Committee hoped that practical progress could be reported before its 1990 meeting. This ILO technical assistance was provided prior to the International Labour Conference in 1990. In its latest report for the period ending 15 October 1991, the Government stated that the draft text concerning occupational cancer, formulated with the technical assistance of the ILO, would be signed in the very near future in order to give full effect to the provisions of the Convention. The Committee once again hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary measures in the very near future to give effect to the Convention.