GB.355/LILS/2

Report of the fifth meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee established under the MLC, 2006 (Geneva, 7–11 April 2025)

As required by the Standing Orders of the Special Tripartite Committee (STC), the Chairperson of the fifth meeting of the STC (7–11 April 2025) presents his report on the working of the Convention. The Governing Body is invited to: take note of this report and of the resolutions adopted at the meeting; endorse the STC’s requests related to the work of the Joint IMO/ILO Tripartite Working Group to identify and address seafarers’ issues and the human element (JTWG) and their transmission to the International Maritime Organization as per the relevant resolutions; adopt the amendments to the Standing Orders of the STC presented in the appendix; reappoint the Chairperson of the STC for the three-year period 2025–28; and convene the sixth meeting of the STC (see the draft decision point in paragraph 35).