Decision on the sixth item on the agenda: Report of the Director-General Report of the Committee set up to consider the representation made by the Federation of Maritime Transport Trade Unions (FPRMT) under article 24 of the ILO Constitution alleging non-observance by the Russian Federation of the Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Convention, 1996 (No. 179)

Record of decisions | 28 June 2010

Report of the Committee set up to consider the representation made by the Federation of Maritime Transport Trade Unions (FPRMT) under article 24 of the ILO Constitution alleging non-observance by the Russian Federation of the Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Convention,
1996 (No. 179)

The Governing Body:

(a) approved the Committee’s report;

(b) invited the Government to take, in consultation with the social partners, such measures as might be necessary to put in place effective measures through regulations or otherwise to ensure full compliance with the relevant provisions of Convention No. 179 as set out in paragraphs 32 to 37 of the Committee’s report;

(c) entrusted the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) with following up on the questions in the Committee’s report and decided to request the Government of the Russian Federation to submit a report to the forthcoming session of the CEACR in time to enable it to review progress made;

(d) decided to make the Committee’s report publicly available and closed the procedure initiated as a result of the representation of the Federation of Maritime Transport Trade Unions of the Russian Federation alleging non-observance of Convention No. 179.

(GB.308/6/1, paragraph 38)