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The Committee notes with regret that the Government's report contains no new information in reply to its previous comments. It hopes that the next report will provide full information on the points raised in its previous direct request which read as follows:

1. The Committee notes with interest that the new draft Labour Code adopted by the Government prohibits (in section 7) all discrimination on grounds covered by the Convention. The Committee hopes that this draft Code will be enacted in the near future and that the Government will be able to indicate the progress achieved in this respect in its next report (and supply a copy of the text once adopted).

2. As regards the conditions of employment in the public service, the Committee noted in its previous comments the Government's statement that the specific personnel rules in a number of public and semi-public administrative departments do not contain any discriminatory provisions on grounds of sex and that the conditions of recruitment and employment are identical for men and women. The Committee once again requests the Government to supply copies of some of these sets of rules.

3. In the same comments, the Committee noted the Government's statement that the provisions of the Decree of 11 February 1972, establishing rules for secondary teaching establishments, were intended to encourage the recruitment of women to managerial positions in educational establishments for girls and to rectify a situation which was previously very unfavourable to women. The Committee hopes that the Government will be able to take the necessary measures to extend the provisions of this Decree to mixed educational establishments so that women can have equal access to managerial positions in these establishments.

4. The Committee noted that section 2 of the Order of 20 June 1963, which provides for the holding of an examination to give a permanent contract to probationary shorthand-typists, refers only to women as candidates for fixed positions, and that section 4 of the Order of 10 May 1971, which provides for a certificate of vocational proficiency, refers only to young men being admitted to the training course. If these texts are still in force, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate any measures that have been taken or are contemplated in their regard in order to ensure men and women equality of access to employment, in accordance with the Convention.

5. In its previous comments, the Committee noted with interest the information supplied by the Government to the effect that the national policy designed to promote equality of opportunity, as a result of the development of teaching and vocational training programmes, has led to an increase in the number of working women and their access to high-level functions, such as magistrates, engineers, airline pilots, etc., which until recently had been reserved for men The Committee requests the Government to continue supplying information on this point, and particularly on the number of women who have entered these occupations, and to supply information on the results achieved as regards the absence of discrimination in terms and conditions of employment. In this context, the Government is particularly requested to indicate the measures that have been taken in order to promote equality of opportunity and treatment:

(a) in jobs and in vocational training and guidance under the direct control of the Government;

(b) through legislation, educational programmes and the dissemination of information to the public;

(c) with the co-operation of employers' and workers' organisations and, where appropriate, of other non-governmental organisations.

The Committee hopes that the Government will not fail to supply the information that has been requested.