The International Labour Organisation Governing Body has deferred its decision on sending a Commission of Inquiry to Fiji until March 2016.

A statement from the Fiji government says the ILO Session instead decided that a tripartite mission to be sent to Fiji to review the obstacles to the submission of a joint implementation report and consider the pending matters in the complaint lodged against Fiji.

The Tripartite Mission is to prepare a report, which is to be submitted to the March 2016 session of the ILO Governing Body.

The Fijian Government accepted and welcomed the visit of the tripartite mission and reiterated its commitment towards continued engagement with the ILO.