Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Suriname (Ratification: 1979)

The Committee takes note of the Government's brief report which covers the period ending in September 1998 and provides some information in reply to the Committee's previous direct request. However, the Committee notes once again that the Government has supplied no information that would allow it to assess the manner in which effect is given to the fundamental provisions of the Convention, and indicates only that the Convention is applied in a satisfactory manner. The Committee recalls that it has been asking the Government since 1993 to provide information on the application of Article 5 of the Convention, and once again asks it to supply full and detailed information on the consultations undertaken by the Labour Advisory Board, and in particular by the Tripartite Subcommittee for the ILO, on the issues set out in Article 5, paragraph 1, on the frequency of these consultations and, where appropriate, on the nature of any reports or recommendations resulting from them. In this regard, the Committee wishes to draw the Government's attention to the fact that certain subjects (replies to questionnaires, submissions to the competent authorities, reports to be presented to the ILO) require annual consultations, while others (re-examination of unratified Conventions and Recommendations, proposed denunciation of ratified Conventions) require less frequent examination.