GB.346/LILS/3

Report of the fourth meeting (Part II) of the Special Tripartite Committee established under the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (5–13 May 2022), submitted by the Chairperson of the Committee, in accordance with article 16 of the Standing Orders of the Special Tripartite Committee (GB.346/LILS/3)

Under the Standing Orders of the Special Tripartite Committee (STC), the Chairperson of the STC is required to report to the Governing Body on the working of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended. Accordingly, this document contains the Chairperson’s report on the fourth meeting (Part II) of the STC (5–13 May 2022). The Governing Body is invited to: take note of this report and of the resolutions adopted at the meeting; endorse the establishment of a working group of the STC to make recommendations on a more effective and sustainable financial security system to protect seafarers in cases of abandonment; extend the appointment of the current Chairperson of the STC until 2025; and convene the fifth meeting of the STC (see the draft decision in paragraph 28).