Decision on the 12th item on the agenda: Complaint concerning non-observance by Guatemala of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), made by delegates to the 101st Session (2012) of the International Labour Conference under article 26 of the ILO Constitution

In view of the information communicated by the Government and by the workers’ and employers’ organizations of Guatemala, and welcoming the agreement reached by the Guatemalan tripartite constituents, on the recommendation of its Officers, the Governing Body:

(a) urged the Government, together with the Guatemalan social partners and with the technical assistance of the Office and of its representative in Guatemala, to devote all the efforts and resources needed to implement the national tripartite agreement aimed at settling the unresolved matters in the roadmap;

(b) encouraged the international community to contribute, by providing the necessary resources, to the implementation of the national tripartite agreement and to the Office’s corresponding technical assistance;

(c) deferred until its 332nd Session (March 2018) the decision on the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry.

(Document GB.331/INS/12(Rev.), paragraph 50.)

Financial implications of the extension of the duration of the ILO representative in Guatemala’s presence in the country

The Governing Body, Having decided to extend the duration of the ILO representative’s presence in Guatemala, further decided that the cost of the representative, estimated at US$872,400, would be financed from savings that might arise under Part I of the budget or, failing that, through the use of the provision for unforeseen expenditure, Part II. Should this subsequently prove impossible, the Director-General would propose alternative methods of financing at a later stage in the 2018–19 biennium.

(Document GB.331/INS/12(Add.), paragraph 3.)