Conference on Maritime Labour Convention

The ILO Colombo Office in collaboration with the ILO’s International Labour Standards Department in Geneva and the Ministry of Labour Relations and Manpower has organised a national conference on the Maritime Labour Convention and the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185) in Colombo from August 6 to 8.

The conference will pave way for Sri Lanka to draw up a National Plan of Action that would enable the ratification of the said Conventions.

Tine Staermose, Director ILO Colombo said that Sri Lanka would be one of the first nations in South Asia if they are to ratify the Convention upon agreement by the government of Sri Lanka and the social partners.

This would establish the practice of integrating decent working conditions and other benefits to be reaped by the social partners.

In February 2006, the 94th (Maritime) Session of the International Labour Conference, the legislative body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) overwhelmingly adopted the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC) a comprehensive new labour standard for the world’s maritime sector.