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The Committee has noted the information sent by the Government in its report.

The Committee observes with interest from the information in the Government's report that the drafts of the Trade Unions Act and the Collective Labour Disputes Act are currently before the Supreme Soviet of Ukraine.

The Committee emphasizes the importance of complying with Article 2 of the Convention under which workers and employers, without distinction whatsoever, that is to say citizens and foreigners working legally in the territory of Ukraine, must have the right to establish occupational organizations to protect their interests, and with Article 3, under which the trade unions must have the right to organize their activities and to formulate their programmes without interference from the public authorities.

The Committee trusts that the Government will take into account these comments when formulating the two texts in preparation and recalls that the ILO is available for any technical assistance it may need in formulating legislation which will implement the Convention.

The Committee requests the Government to send it in its next report the text of the draft Trade Unions Act and draft Collective Labour Disputes Act in order to allow it to examine their conformity with the requirements of the principles of freedom of association and, if these texts have already been adopted, to transmit copies thereof to the Office.