Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Sao Tome and Principe (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee notes the Government's first report on the application of the Convention. It notes the Bill creating the National Council for Social Consensus appended to the report and trusts that in its next report the Government will be in a position to inform it in its next report that the Bill has been enacted. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide additional information on the following points:

Article 4, paragraph 2, of the Convention. The Government is asked to provide information, if appropriate, on any arrangements taken or envisaged for the financing of any necessary training of participants on the procedures provided for in the Convention.

Article 5. The Committee asks the Government to provide particulars of the consultations held on each of the matters set out in paragraph 1 including information on their frequency and to indicate the nature of all reports or recommendations made as a result of the consultation.

Article 6. The Committee asks the Government to send a copy of any reports issued on the working of the procedures provided for in the Convention.