Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Asbestos Convention, 1986 (No. 162) - Guatemala (Ratification: 1989)

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report. The Committee notes once again that the draft amendments to the Occupational Safety and Health Regulations will contain a chapter on the prevention and control of exposure to asbestos. In this respect, the tripartite commission has set up a working group to examine the above draft.

The Committee once again hopes that the necessary measures will be taken in the near future by the Government to give effect to all the provisions of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on any progress achieved in this respect and to transmit a copy of the relevant amendments to the above regulations as soon as they are adopted, and particularly of texts giving effect to Article 3 of the Convention, which provides that national laws or regulations shall prescribe the measures to be taken for the prevention and control of, and protection of workers against, health hazards due to occupational exposure to asbestos. It also hopes that the most representative organizations of employers and workers concerned will be consulted, in accordance with Article 4 of the Convention, when adopting the necessary measures to give effect to the Convention.