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Adoption of seafarers'
labour standards The ITF for the world’s
seafarers and the ISF for shipowners today (23th of february) hailed the
adoption by the International Labour Conference in The ‘Superconvention’ or
‘Seafarers’ Bill of Rights’ was adopted today by an
overwhelming vote of 314 votes for, none against, with just four abstentions,
at the closing session of a conference which brought together more than 1000
government, shipowner and seafarer representatives from over 100 countries for
the past three weeks in Geneva. It is the culmination of five years of
intensive work to produce a single international social instrument which will
be accepted as the ‘fourth pillar’ of the international regulatory
system for the global maritime industry, along with the safety (SOLAS),
training (STCW), and pollution (MARPOL) conventions of the International
maritime Organization (IMO). International Transport
Workers’ Federation General Secretary David Cockroft described its
adoption as “A historic result for the ILO, showing that what has long
been a global industry needs global regulation which will be enforced in
practice at sea and in the world’s ports”. Chris Horrocks,
Secretary General of the International Shipping Federation, said “This
landmark decision is just the beginning. Now we have to ensure that every
government ratifies this Convention as soon as possible and applies it in full. JALESVEVA YAYAMAHE YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
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