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Ira L. Mills,
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of International Labor Affairs;
Request for Information on Efforts by
Certain Countries To Eliminate the
Worst Forms of Child Labor
The Bureau of International
Labor Affairs, United States Department
of Labor.
ACTION: Request for information on
efforts by certain countries to eliminate
the worst forms of child labor.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice is a request for
information for use by the Department
of Labor in preparation of an annual
report on certain trade beneficiary
countries’ implementation of
international commitments to eliminate
the worst forms of child labor. This will
be the sixth such report by the
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Department of Labor under the Trade
and Development Act of 2000 (TDA).
DATES: Submitters of information are
requested to provide two (2) copies of
their written submission to the Office of
Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human
Trafficking at the address below by 5
p.m., December 22, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Written submissions should
be addressed to Tina McCarter at the
Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor and
Human Trafficking, Bureau of
International Labor Affairs, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room S–5307,
Washington, DC 20210.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina
McCarter, Bureau of International Labor
Affairs, Office of Child Labor, Forced
Labor and Human Trafficking, at (202)
693–4846, fax: (202) 693–4830, or email: mccarter-tina@dol.gov. The
Department of Labor’s international
child labor reports can be found on the
Internet at https://www.dol.gov/ILAB/
media/reports/iclp/main.htm or can be
obtained from the Office of Child Labor,
Forced Labor and Human Trafficking.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Trade
and Development Act of 2000 [Pub. L.
106–200] established a new eligibility
criterion for receipt of trade benefits
under the Generalized System of
Preferences (GSP), Caribbean Basin
Trade and Partnership Act (CBTPA),
and Africa Growth and Opportunity Act
(AGOA). The TDA amends the GSP
reporting requirements of the Trade Act
of 1974 (Section 504) [19 U.S.C. 2464]
to require that the President’s annual
report on the status of internationally
recognized worker rights include
‘‘findings by the Secretary of Labor with
respect to the beneficiary country’s
implementation of its international
commitments to eliminate the worst
forms of child labor.’’
Likewise, Title II of the TDA includes
as a criterion for receiving benefits
under the CBTPA ‘‘whether the country
has implemented its commitments to
eliminate the worst forms of child labor,
as defined in section 507(6) of the Trade
Act of 1974.’’ The TDA Conference
Report [Joint Explanatory Statement of
the Committee of Conference, 106th
Cong. 2d. sess. (2000)] indicates that
‘‘the conferees intend that the GSP
standard, including the provision with
respect to implementation of obligations
to eliminate the worst forms of child
labor, apply to eligibility for those
additional benefits’’ [provided for in the
AGOA.]
In addition, the Andean Trade
Preference Act (ATPA) as amended and
expanded by the Andean Trade
Promotion and Drug Eradication Act
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(ATPDEA) (Pub. L. 107–210, Title XXXI)
includes as a criterion for receiving
benefits ‘‘[w]hether the country has
implemented its commitments to
eliminate the worst forms of child labor
as defined in section 507(6) of the Trade
Act of 1974.’’
Scope of Report
Countries and non-independent
countries and territories presently
eligible under the GSP and to be
included in the report are: Afghanistan,
Albania, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla,
Argentina, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belize,
Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British
Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin
Islands, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso,
Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape
Verde, Central African Republic, Chad,
Christmas Islands, Cocos Islands,
Colombia, Comoros, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Republic of
Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote
d’Ivoire, Croatia, Djibouti, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt,
Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gabon, the
Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gibraltar,
Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Guyana, Haiti, Heard Island and
MacDonald Islands, India, Indonesia,
Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon,
Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia,
Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania,
Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia,
Montenegro, Montserrat, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Niue,
Norfolk Island, Oman, Pakistan,
Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay,
Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Island,
Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Helena,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao
´
Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon
Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri
Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania,
Thailand, Togo, Tokelau Island, Tonga,
Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey,
Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu,
Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan,
Vanuatu, Venezuela, Wallis and Futuna,
West Bank and Gaza Strip, Western
Sahara, Republic of Yemen, Zambia,
and Zimbabwe.
Countries eligible or potentially
eligible for additional benefits under the
AGOA and to be included in the report
are: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina
Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad,
Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic
of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon,
the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea
Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar,
Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria,
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Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe,
Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South
Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda,
and Zambia.
Countries potentially eligible for
additional benefits under the CBTPA
and to be included in the report are:
Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican
Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica,
Panama, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and
Tobago.
Countries potentially eligible for
additional benefits under the ATPA/
ATPDEA and to be included in the
report are: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador,
and Peru.
In addition, the following countries
will be included in the report in view
of Department of Labor Appropriations,
2006, Conference Report, H.R. Rep. 109–
337 (2005): Bahrain, Chile, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and
Morocco.
Information Sought
The Department invites interested
parties to submit written information
relevant to the findings to be made by
the Department of Labor under the TDA,
for all listed countries. Information
provided through public submission
will be considered by the Department of
Labor in preparing its findings.
Materials submitted should be confined
to the specific topic of the study. In
particular, the Department’s Bureau of
International Labor Affairs is seeking
written submissions on the following
topics:
1. Whether the country has adequate
laws and regulations proscribing the
worst forms of child labor;
2. Whether the country has adequate
laws and regulations for the
implementation and enforcement of
such laws and regulations;
3. Whether the country has
established formal institutional
mechanisms to investigate and address
complaints relating to allegations of the
worst forms of child labor;
4. Whether social programs exist in
the country to prevent the engagement
of children in the worst forms of child
labor, and to assist in the removal of
children engaged in the worst forms of
child labor;
5. Whether the country has a
comprehensive policy for the
elimination of the worst forms of child
labor;
6. Whether the country is making
continual progress toward eliminating
the worst forms of child labor.
Information relating to the nature and
extent of child labor in the country is
also sought. Information submitted may
include reports, statistics, newspaper
articles, or other materials. Governments
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that have ratified ILO Convention 182
are requested to submit copies of their
most recent article 22 submissions
under the Convention, especially those
with information on types of work
determined in accordance with Article
3(d) of the Convention.
Definition of Worst Forms of Child
Labor
The term ‘‘worst forms of child labor’’
is defined in section 412(b) of the TDA
as comprising:
‘‘(A) All forms of slavery or practices
similar to slavery, such as the sale and
trafficking of children, debt bondage
and serfdom and forced or compulsory
labor, including forced or compulsory
recruitment of children for use in armed
conflict;
(B) The use, procuring or offering of
a child for prostitution, for the
production of pornography or for
pornographic performances;
(C) The use, procuring or offering of
a child for illicit activities, in particular
for the production and trafficking of
drugs as defined in relevant
international treaties; and
(D) Work which, by its nature or the
circumstances in which it is carried out,
is likely to harm the health, safety or
morals of children.’’
The TDA Conference Report noted
that the phrase, ‘‘work which, by its
nature or the circumstances in which it
is carried out, is likely to harm the
health, safety or morals of children’’ is
to be defined as in Article II of
Recommendation No. 190, which
accompanies ILO Convention No. 182.
This includes
‘‘(a) Work which exposes children to
physical, psychological, or sexual abuse;
(b) Work underground, under water,
at dangerous heights or in confined
spaces;
(c) Work with dangerous machinery,
equipment and tools, or which involves
the manual handling or transport of
heavy loads;
(d) Work in an unhealthy
environment which may, for example,
expose children to hazardous
substances, agents or processes, or to
temperatures, noise levels, or vibrations
damaging to their health;
(e) Work under particularly difficult
conditions such as work for long hours
or during the night or work where the
child is unreasonably confined to the
premises of the employer.’’
The TDA Conference Report further
indicated that this phrase be interpreted
in a manner consistent with the intent
of Article 4 of ILO Convention No. 182,
which states that such work shall be
determined by national laws or
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regulations or by the competent
authority in the country involved.
This notice is a general solicitation of
comments from the public.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of
November, 2006.
James Carter,
Deputy Undersecretary, Bureau of
International Labor Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security
Administration
Proposed Extension of Information
Collection; Comment Request;
Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 75–1; Employee Benefit
Plan Security Transactions With
Broker-Dealers, Reporting Dealers and
Banks
Employee Benefits Security
Administration, Department of Labor.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (the
Department), in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the
general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on
proposed and continuing collections of
information. This program helps the
Department assess the impact of its
information collection requirements and
minimize the reporting burden on the
public and helps the public understand
the Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. Currently,
the Employee Benefits Security
Administration (EBSA) is soliciting
comments on a proposed extension of
the current approval of information
collection provisions incorporated in
the Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption (PTE) 75–1, pertaining to
securities and other related transactions
with broker-dealers, reporting dealers
and banks. A copy of the information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained
by contacting the office shown in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office shown in the
Addresses section on or before February
5, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Susan G. Lahne, Office of Policy and
Research, Employee Benefits Security
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Room N–5647, Washington, DC 20210.
Telephone: (202) 693–8410; Fax: (202)
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219–4745. These are not toll-free
numbers. Comments may also be
submitted electronically to the
following Internet e-mail address:
ebsa.opr@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
PTE 75–1 provides exemptions from
certain prohibited transaction
provisions of the Employment
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (Code) for specified types of
transactions between employee benefit
plans and broker-dealers, reporting
dealers and banks relating to securities
purchases and sales, provided specified
conditions are met. The exempted
transactions include an employee
benefit plan’s purchase of securities
from broker-dealers’ inventories of
stocks, from underwriting syndicates in
which a plan fiduciary is a member,
from banks, from reporting dealers, and
from a market-maker even if a marketmaker is a plan fiduciary. The exempted
transactions also include, under certain
conditions, a plan’s accepting an
extension of credit from a broker-dealer
for the purpose of facilitating settlement
of a securities transaction. Among other
conditions, PTE 75–1 requires that a
party seeking to rely on the exemption
with respect to a transaction maintain
adequate records of the transaction for
a period of six years. The Department
has obtained approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for this
information collection under OMB
Control No. 1210–0092. This approval is
currently scheduled to expire on March
30, 2007.
II. Current Actions
This notice requests public comment
pertaining to the Department’s request
for extension of OMB approval of the
information collection contained in PTE
75–1. After considering comments
received in response to this notice, the
Department intends to submit an ICR to
OMB for continuing approval of the
information collection contained in PTE
75–1. No change to the existing ICR is
proposed or made at this time. An
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
a person is not required to respond to,
an information collection unless it
displays a valid OMB control number. A
summary of the ICR and the current
burden estimates follows:
Agency: Employee Benefits Security
Administration, Department of Labor.
Title: Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 75–1; Employee Benefit Plan
Security Transactions with BrokerDealers, Reporting Dealers and Banks.
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Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection of
information.
OMB Number: 1210–0092.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions.
Respondents: 9750.
Responses: 9750.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1625.
Estimate Total Burden Cost: $86,125.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Department is particularly
interested in comments that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., by permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the ICR submitted to OMB;
they will also become a matter of public
record.
Joseph A. Piacentini,
Director, Office of Policy and Research,
Employee Benefits Security Administration
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Collection; Request for Public
Comment; Prohibited Transaction
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Benefiting Party in Interest Issuer
Employee Benefits Security
Administration, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (the
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of International Labor Affairs; Request for Information on
Efforts by Certain Countries To Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child
Labor
AGENCY: The Bureau of International Labor Affairs, United States
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Request for information on efforts by certain countries to
eliminate the worst forms of child labor.
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SUMMARY: This notice is a request for information for use by the
Department of Labor in preparation of an annual report on certain trade
beneficiary countries' implementation of international commitments to
eliminate the worst forms of child labor. This will be the sixth such
report by the Department of Labor under the Trade and Development Act
of 2000 (TDA).
DATES: Submitters of information are requested to provide two (2)
copies of their written submission to the Office of Child Labor, Forced
Labor and Human Trafficking at the address below by 5 p.m., December
22, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Written submissions should be addressed to Tina McCarter at
the Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Bureau
of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S-5307, Washington, DC 20210.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina McCarter, Bureau of International
Labor Affairs, Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human
Trafficking, at (202) 693-4846, fax: (202) 693-4830, or e-mail:
mccarter-tina@dol.gov. The Department of Labor's international child
labor reports can be found on the Internet at https://www.dol.gov/ILAB/
media/reports/iclp/main.htm or can be obtained from the Office of Child
Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Trade and Development Act of 2000 [Pub.
L. 106-200] established a new eligibility criterion for receipt of
trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP),
Caribbean Basin Trade and Partnership Act (CBTPA), and Africa Growth
and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The TDA amends the GSP reporting
requirements of the Trade Act of 1974 (Section 504) [19 U.S.C. 2464] to
require that the President's annual report on the status of
internationally recognized worker rights include ``findings by the
Secretary of Labor with respect to the beneficiary country's
implementation of its international commitments to eliminate the worst
forms of child labor.''
Likewise, Title II of the TDA includes as a criterion for receiving
benefits under the CBTPA ``whether the country has implemented its
commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, as defined in
section 507(6) of the Trade Act of 1974.'' The TDA Conference Report
[Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference, 106th
Cong. 2d. sess. (2000)] indicates that ``the conferees intend that the
GSP standard, including the provision with respect to implementation of
obligations to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, apply to
eligibility for those additional benefits'' [provided for in the AGOA.]
In addition, the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) as amended and
expanded by the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act
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(ATPDEA) (Pub. L. 107-210, Title XXXI) includes as a criterion for
receiving benefits ``[w]hether the country has implemented its
commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor as defined in
section 507(6) of the Trade Act of 1974.''
Scope of Report
Countries and non-independent countries and territories presently
eligible under the GSP and to be included in the report are:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Argentina, Armenia,
Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Botswana, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin
Islands, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape
Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Christmas Islands, Cocos
Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic
of Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Djibouti,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gabon, the Gambia, Georgia,
Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Heard
Island and MacDonald Islands, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan,
Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia,
Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova,
Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger,
Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New
Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Island, Romania, Russia,
Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tom[eacute] and Principe, Senegal,
Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South
Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo,
Tokelau Island, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turks and
Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu,
Venezuela, Wallis and Futuna, West Bank and Gaza Strip, Western Sahara,
Republic of Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Countries eligible or potentially eligible for additional benefits
under the AGOA and to be included in the report are: Angola, Benin,
Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Republic of Congo,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon, the
Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar,
Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger,
Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra
Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Countries potentially eligible for additional benefits under the
CBTPA and to be included in the report are: Barbados, Belize, Costa
Rica, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Saint Lucia,
and Trinidad and Tobago.
Countries potentially eligible for additional benefits under the
ATPA/ATPDEA and to be included in the report are: Bolivia, Colombia,
Ecuador, and Peru.
In addition, the following countries will be included in the report
in view of Department of Labor Appropriations, 2006, Conference Report,
H.R. Rep. 109-337 (2005): Bahrain, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua, and Morocco.
Information Sought
The Department invites interested parties to submit written
information relevant to the findings to be made by the Department of
Labor under the TDA, for all listed countries. Information provided
through public submission will be considered by the Department of Labor
in preparing its findings. Materials submitted should be confined to
the specific topic of the study. In particular, the Department's Bureau
of International Labor Affairs is seeking written submissions on the
following topics:
1. Whether the country has adequate laws and regulations
proscribing the worst forms of child labor;
2. Whether the country has adequate laws and regulations for the
implementation and enforcement of such laws and regulations;
3. Whether the country has established formal institutional
mechanisms to investigate and address complaints relating to
allegations of the worst forms of child labor;
4. Whether social programs exist in the country to prevent the
engagement of children in the worst forms of child labor, and to assist
in the removal of children engaged in the worst forms of child labor;
5. Whether the country has a comprehensive policy for the
elimination of the worst forms of child labor;
6. Whether the country is making continual progress toward
eliminating the worst forms of child labor.
Information relating to the nature and extent of child labor in the
country is also sought. Information submitted may include reports,
statistics, newspaper articles, or other materials. Governments that
have ratified ILO Convention 182 are requested to submit copies of
their most recent article 22 submissions under the Convention,
especially those with information on types of work determined in
accordance with Article 3(d) of the Convention.
Definition of Worst Forms of Child Labor
The term ``worst forms of child labor'' is defined in section
412(b) of the TDA as comprising:
``(A) All forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, such as
the sale and trafficking of children, debt bondage and serfdom and
forced or compulsory labor, including forced or compulsory recruitment
of children for use in armed conflict;
(B) The use, procuring or offering of a child for prostitution, for
the production of pornography or for pornographic performances;
(C) The use, procuring or offering of a child for illicit
activities, in particular for the production and trafficking of drugs
as defined in relevant international treaties; and
(D) Work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is
carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of
children.''
The TDA Conference Report noted that the phrase, ``work which, by
its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely
to harm the health, safety or morals of children'' is to be defined as
in Article II of Recommendation No. 190, which accompanies ILO
Convention No. 182. This includes
``(a) Work which exposes children to physical, psychological, or
sexual abuse;
(b) Work underground, under water, at dangerous heights or in
confined spaces;
(c) Work with dangerous machinery, equipment and tools, or which
involves the manual handling or transport of heavy loads;
(d) Work in an unhealthy environment which may, for example, expose
children to hazardous substances, agents or processes, or to
temperatures, noise levels, or vibrations damaging to their health;
(e) Work under particularly difficult conditions such as work for
long hours or during the night or work where the child is unreasonably
confined to the premises of the employer.''
The TDA Conference Report further indicated that this phrase be
interpreted in a manner consistent with the intent of Article 4 of ILO
Convention No. 182, which states that such work shall be determined by
national laws or
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regulations or by the competent authority in the country involved.
This notice is a general solicitation of comments from the public.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of November, 2006.
James Carter,
Deputy Undersecretary, Bureau of International Labor Affairs.
[FR Doc. E6-20561 Filed 12-4-06; 8:45 am]
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