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The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in reply to its previous observations and requests.

It notes with interest that the National Office for Occupational Training and Advanced Training has drawn up, as part of the Government's vocational training policy, a broad programme for the identification of enterprises, which takes account of employment opportunities. The Committee hopes that the Government will be able to indicate the results of the implementation of this policy, including the measures taken to facilitate the access of women to training and employment.

With regard to public employees, the Government indicates that the new statute of the public service is still being drafted and that it will only be available after the reform of the administration. The Committee takes note of this information. It has also noted Ordinance No. 107/PRG/SGG of 5 March 1987 (provided by the Government with its report on Convention No. 151), section 7 of which provides that the conditions and procedures of recruitment of public servants are to be governed by special regulations. The Committee notes, however, that section 20 of this Ordinance, which deals with the general principles of the public service, prohibits discrimination only on the grounds of philosophical and religious opinions, and sex, and does not include the other grounds listed at Article 1(a) of the Convention, such as race, colour, political opinion, national extraction and social origin.

The Committee therefore hopes that the new statute of the public service will be adopted in the near future and that it will take account of all the grounds on which discrimination is forbidden, that are set out in the Convention. Meanwhile, it asks the Government to provide any special regulations that are in force concerning public servants.

The Committee requests the Government also to refer to the request being addressed to it directly.