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The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in reply to its earlier comments.

It notes, in particular, in relation with its comments concerning Articles 4 and 5 of the Convention, that a tripartite Advisory Council for National Labour Development has been established under the authority of the Prime Minister for the purpose of providing advice to the Government on matters relating to labour.

The Committee would be grateful if in its future reports the Government would continue to supply information on organization and functioning of public employment service, showing the actions taken in recent years to implement the various provisions of Article 3 (the establishment of a network of local and, where appropriate, regional free public employment offices, sufficient in number and conveniently located); Article 6, in particular paragraph (b) (measures taken to facilitate occupational and geographical mobility and transfers of workers from one area to another); Article 7 (measures taken to facilitate specialisation by occupation and by industries and to meet adequately the needs of particular categories of applicants for employment, such as disabled persons); and Article 8 (special arrangements for juveniles within the framework of the employment and vocational guidance services).