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Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to indicate whether the accommodation and maintenance expenses of foreign seafarers who are awaiting repatriation in locations outside Iraq are paid to them as they would be if these seafarers were in Iraq. The Government indicates in its report that the public maritime transport authority only covers the expenses of seafarers undertaking an official mission on board one of the authority's vessels. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures that have been taken or are contemplated to ensure that the expenses in question are paid to all foreign seafarers irrespective of whether they are employed in the public or private sector.