Decision on the 11th item on the agenda: Follow-up to the resolution concerning remaining measures on the subject of Myanmar adopted by the Conference at its 102nd Session (2013)

Record of decisions | 23 March 2017

Decision on the 11th item on the agenda: Follow-up to the resolution concerning remaining measures on the subject of Myanmar adopted by the Conference at its 102nd Session (2013)

The Governing Body:

(a) urged the continued cooperation between the Government of Myanmar and the ILO to implement the Supplementary Understanding;

(b) requested the Government to agree, as a matter of urgency, to a renewed Memorandum of Understanding and Action Plan to enable the ILO to continue providing the full range of its technical support, training and awareness-raising activities in support of the Government’s commitment to the elimination of forced labour, including increased efforts at the state and union levels and in disadvantaged and conflict-affected regions;

(c) requested the Director-General to pursue discussions on the development of a Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) in which the elimination of forced labour was included as a core component;

(d) requested the Director-General to provide a comprehensive update on further progress to the 331st Session of the Governing Body in November 2017.

(Document GB.329/INS/11, paragraph 19, as amended by the Governing Body.)