Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 311, November 1998

Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body

1. 60. At its November 1997 meeting, the Committee had requested the Government to specify whether judicial recourse had been taken concerning the contested results of the elections of the trade union leaders of the General Labour Confederation of Lebanon (CGTL) held on 24 April 1997, and to keep it informed of the result. Furthermore, concerning the arrest of the trade union leaders Mr. Abou Rizk and Mr. Yasser Nehmi, and their subsequent prosecution, the Committee had urged the Government to do everything in its power to ensure that the charges brought against them were withdrawn immediately (see 308th Report, para. 525.)
2. 61. In a communication dated 9 January 1998, the Government stated that the court of first instance of Beirut had decided, on the grounds of procedural irregularity, to dismiss the request for the annulment of the elections within the CGTL.
3. 62. In a communication dated 10 September 1998, the Government indicated that on 30 July 1998 new elections were held for the post of President of the General Labour Confederation of Lebanon, in which all the trade union federations participated. These elections were held under the supervision of the Ministry of Labour, which validated the results on 6 August 1998. Mr. Abou Rizk was elected President of the General Labour Confederation of Lebanon and Mr. Yasser Nehmi a member of the Confederation's executive committee. The Committee notes this information with satisfaction.