Decision on the eighth item on the agenda: Other questions: Effect to be given to the recommendations of sectoral and technical meetings

Record of decisions | 10 November 2011

Decision on the eighth item on the agenda: Other questions: Effect to be given to the recommendations of sectoral and technical meetings

Global Dialogue Forum on Safety in the Supply Chain in Relation to Packing of Containers (Geneva, 21–22 February 2011)

The Governing Body:

(a) authorized the Director-General to communicate the final report of the Forum that is reproduced in document GDFPC/2011/12, to governments of member States, requesting them to communicate the text to the employers’ and workers’ organizations concerned; and to communicate the report to the international employers’ and workers’ organizations and other international organizations concerned; and

(b) requested the Director-General to give due consideration to implementation arrangements for the recommendations made by the Forum.

(Document GB.312/POL/8, paragraph 4.)

Subcommittee on Wages of Seafarers of the Joint Maritime Commission (Geneva, 26–27 April 2011)

The Governing Body authorized the Director-General to:

(a) communicate the text of the resolution concerning the ILO minimum basic wage for the able seafarer contained in Appendix I of document GB.312/POL/8 to governments of member States, drawing their attention to the paragraph relating to the increase in the wage figure which should be applied in substitution for those in paragraph 10 of the Seafarers’ Wages, Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Recommendation, 1996 (No. 187), and Guideline B2.2.4 of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, on the minimum monthly basic pay or wage figure for able seafarers;

(b) communicate the text of the resolution to the international employers’ and workers’ organizations having consultative status;

(c) request governments to transmit the text of the resolution to the employers’ and workers’ organizations concerned; and

(d) in due course, consult with the international employers’ and workers’ organizations concerned on the convening of a meeting of the Subcommittee on Wages of Seafarers of the Joint Maritime Commission as requested by the resolution.

(Document GB.312/POL/8, paragraph 7.)

Fair treatment of seafarers

The Governing Body:

(a) endorsed the terms of the draft resolution on guidelines on fair treatment of seafarers in the event of a maritime accident contained in Appendix II of document GB.312/POL/8; and

(b) requested the Director-General to:

(i) disseminate the resolution, once adopted by the IMO Assembly; and

(ii) ensure that the Office, in collaboration with the IMO, continues to keep the problem of unfair treatment of seafarers in the event of a maritime accident under review and, as appropriate, periodically assesses the scale of the problem.

(Document GB.312/POL/8, paragraph 13.)

Follow-up to the resolution concerning tonnage measurement
and accommodation

The Governing Body authorized the Director-General to consult with the Secretary-General of the IMO with a view to establishing a joint ILO–IMO working group on the impact of the tonnage measurement of ships on the living and working conditions of seafarers and fishers.

(Document GB.312/POL/8, paragraph 18.)