Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 337, June 2005

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

1. 20. In its March 2004 meeting, the Committee requested the Government to keep it informed of all new measures adopted in order to remedy the imbalance in the composition of the Supervisory Commission of the National Register of Newspaper and Magazine Vendors and Distributors [see 333rd Report, para. 16].
2. 21. In its communication of 18 October 2004, the Government states that the Supervisory Commission has an essentially consultative function and that all the sectors have equal rights, ensuring that there is no imbalance between the different parties. The Government explains that the Supervisory Commission in no way assumes the functions of the appellate authority (the Ministry of Labour), which carries on those functions in full, and that the objective of the legislation in force is to protect workers’ rights. The Government states that the Supervisory Commission is made up, on the one hand, of representatives of the publishing sector and, on the other, of representatives of the Trade Union of Newspaper and Magazine Vendors of the Federal Capital, the National Guild Federation and the Society of Newspaper and Magazine Distributors; it is chaired by an official of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security with the rank of Secretary.
3. 22. The Committee takes note of these observations