Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1989, published 76th ILC session (1989)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Mongolia (Ratification: 1969)

1. In an earlier comment, the Committee requested the Government to supply copies of laws and regulations governing (a) higher education and (b) employment in the public service and in managerial, specialist and teaching positions in enterprises and organisations of industry, agriculture, transportation, communications and education, including any statutes on the procedures for (i) awarding education degrees and academic titles; (ii) filling positions in the various occupational fields mentioned; (iii) the periodic attestation of employees in these various fields.

The Committee notes the Government's indication in its report that it is unable to meet its request because it has no translation into the working languages of the ILO of the laws and regulations which interest the Committee. It again requests the Government to supply copies of laws and regulations governing the above-mentioned matters in their original language if there is no translation.

2. The Committee notes with interest that under section 4 of the People's Education Act, one of the basic principles of people's education in the Mongolian People's Republic is the equality of citizens in receiving education irrespective of sex, racial and national extraction, attitude to religion, social origin and status. It also notes that section 55 of the Act prescribes that the right to enter establishments of higher education is enjoyed by citizens of the Mongolian People's Republic who have a full secondary education, and that admission is governed by an order issued by the Ministry of National Education.

The Committee requests the Government to supply a copy of the ministerial order concerned.

3. The Committee earlier asked the Government to supply information on all steps taken for the effective promotion of equality of opportunity and treatment, irrespective of race, sex, religion, national extraction or social origin, and on the results secured with regard to:

(a)access to vocational training;

(b)access to employment and to particular occupations;

(c)terms and conditions of employment. In this connection the Government is more particularly requested to indicate the measures taken to promote equality of opportunity and treatment:

(i)in employment, vocational training and occupational guidance under a national authority;

(ii)through legislation and educational programmes;

(iii)in co-operation with employers' and workers' organisations and other appropriate bodies.

The Committee notes the Government's reference to the provisions of sections 2, 12, and 78 of the Labour Code. However, it would again point out that the implementation of the Convention rests upon the adoption of positive measures in pursuance of a national policy designed to promote equality of opportunity and treatment, and requests the Government to supply information on all measures taken on the above-mentioned points.