Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974 (No. 139) - Afghanistan (Ratification: 1979)

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:

The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report. It notes the Government’s statement that for the moment it is not able to provide legislative measures to ensure the application of the Convention. The Committee also notes the observations submitted by the All Afghanistan Federation of Trade Unions (AAFTU) concerning the alleged non-application of the Convention. While noting the challenges and difficulties the new authorities are faced with, the Committee is encouraged by the Government’s expressed willingness and hopes that the Government will be able to assume full responsibility in regard to the Convention and take the necessary action to bring national laws and regulations into conformity with the occupational safety and health standards contained, inter alia, in the present Convention. The Committee draws the Government’s particular attention to the need for setting up a system for determining carcinogenic substances and agents used at workplaces in the country and which may require the introduction of prohibitions or be made subject to national authorization or control, in accordance with Article 1 of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to provide information in its next report on the progress achieved in this respect as well as regards further efforts made to give effect to this Convention, including a reply to the observations raised by the All Afghanistan Federation of Trade Unions.