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Article 3 of the Convention. The right of workers and employers to elect their representatives in full freedom.

With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes from the Government's report that at an annual meeting of managerial personnel, in their recommendations, the participants stressed the need to authorise foreign workers to participate fully in trade union management and administration. According to the Government, this possibility would, however, only be open to foreign employees who have worked successively for at least ten years in Niger. Moreover, this proposal along with all the other recommendations will be submitted, according to the Government, to the Labour Advisory Committee of Niger for examination, comment and follow-up.

While noting this information, the Committee recalls that statutory provisions that confine the exercise of trade union functions to the nationals of a country are liable to restrict the full exercise of this right.

The Committee therefore requests the Government to adopt appropriate amendments to the present legislation in the near future so as to enable foreign workers and foreign employers to have access to trade union office, at least after a reasonable period of residence in the country, which is clearly not the case for a period of ten successive years of work, and to provide information on any progress made in this respect in its next report.