Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention, 1925 (No. 18) - Burkina Faso (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It must therefore repeat its previous observation which read as follows:

With reference to its previous comments, which it has been making since 1960, the Committee notes with regret that the draft Decree to revise the list of occupational diseases annexed to Act No. 3-59ACL of 30 June 1989, which was formulated in 1980 with the technical assistance of the ILO, has not yet been adopted. In its report, the Government indicates that the Committee's observations concerning the completion of the list of occupational diseases are still a cause of concern for the Government of Burkina Faso which is endeavouring to find a solution in the context of the general revision of the Social Security Code and the legislation on occupational medicine, health and safety. The seminar organised by Burkina Faso in April 1989 in Ouagadougou on the definition of a national policy on occupational health and safety, under the aegis of the ILO, has led to a national debate on this question with the ministries concerned. The Committee notes this statement. It can only express its regrets at the delay in the adoption of the above Decree. The Committee trusts that measures will be taken for the list of occupational diseases in annex to the above legislation to be completed so as to include the following items in accordance with Article 2 of the Convention: (a) in general, all forms of poisoning by lead, its alloys or compounds and their sequelae (not only certain pathological manifestations listed restrictively as diseases due to lead poisoning, as in the list at present in force); (b) poisoning by mercury, its amalgams and compounds and their sequelae and the activities likely to cause such poisoning; (c) the loading and unloading or transport of merchandise in general, to be included among the activities likely to cause anthrax infection which already appear in the legislation.

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The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.