{"id":188626,"date":"2026-05-22T14:01:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188626\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:01:08","slug":"belarus-diplomat-decries-ilo-recommendations-as-unjust-and-politically-motivated","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/188626\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 diplomat decries ILO recommendations as unjust and politically motivated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 22, <em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong>. Ihar Siakreta, Belarus\u2019 deputy foreign minister, held a briefing for foreign diplomats in Minsk on May 21 to set out Belarus\u2019 position on International Labor Organization\u2019s measure to enforce compliance with its recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Minsk perceives the measures as interference in internal affairs and demands that they be revoked as \u201cunjust\u201d and \u201cpolitically motivated,\u201d the Belarusian foreign ministry reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ILO Commission of Inquiry issued recommendations for Belarus in 2004 on measures to be taken by the government to comply with the freedom of association and collective bargaining provisions of the ILO convention. However, the country has not made any progress toward compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under Article 33 of the ILO Constitution, if a country refuses to comply with a Commission of Inquiry\u2019s recommendations, the ILO Governing Body can ask other member states and the organization itself to take \u201cmeasures\u201d to ensure compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ILO demanded, among other things, that Belarus release persecuted trade union leaders, allow independent trade unions to operate freely and engage with an ILO-appointed special envoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ILO adopted Article 33 compliance measures only twice in its history, also against Myanmar in 2001.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 22, Pozirk. Ihar Siakreta, Belarus\u2019 deputy foreign minister, held a briefing for foreign diplomats in Minsk on May 21 to set out Belarus\u2019 position on International Labor Organization\u2019s measure to enforce compliance with its recommendations. He said Minsk perceives the measures as interference in internal affairs and demands that they be revoked as \u201cunjust\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-188626","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus\u2019 diplomat decries ILO recommendations as unjust and politically motivated | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 22, Pozirk. 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