Decision concerning the developments in the full implementation by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela of the agreed plan of action to give effect to the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry in respect of Conventions Nos 26, 87 and 144

The Governing Body:

(a) deplored the lack of progress in the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry adopted in 2019 and the measures requested by the Governing Body at its 352nd (November 2024) and 353rd (March 2025) Sessions;

(b) recognizing that the Social Dialogue Forum serves as a unique and invaluable platform for inclusive national social dialogue, urged the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to convene the fifth session of the Forum as soon as possible, in order to continue fostering trust, advancing social dialogue, and promoting national reconciliation and social justice, as foundations for lasting peace and prosperity in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela;

(c) while welcoming the outcome of consultations with the social partners, under the Social Dialogue Forum, which led to the identification of a method for setting minimum wages, urged the Government to proceed with its implementation with the participation of all the concerned organizations;

(d) noted with deep concern that the lack of follow-up on the commitments made in the action plan agreed upon at the Social Dialogue Forum had led not only to a lack of progress, but even to setbacks, particularly in light of serious allegations of violations of trade union rights, matters which are being examined by the Committee on Freedom of Association and to whose recommendations it referred;

(e) deeply regretted that, despite its repeated calls, the Government had not made the necessary arrangements for an ILO special adviser on social dialogue to support the implementation of the action plan and the preparation of the sessions of the Social Dialogue Forum;

(f) requested the Director-General to organize before the next session of the Governing Body a virtual meeting with the Government and the social partners, in order to discuss areas and modalities of cooperation, as a preparatory step to the holding of the fifth Social Dialogue Forum and to report thereon at its 356th Session (March 2026);

(g) invited the Government to submit to the Director-General, by 31 January 2026, information on any further concrete measures taken in relation to subparagraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) above, with a view to transmitting the information to the Governing Body at its 356th Session.

(GB.355/INS/9(Rev.1), paragraph 39)