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1. The Committee notes the Government's report and the reports attached on the activities of the Employment and Vocational Training Agency for the years 1995 and 1996, and the review of the activities for 1996 of the Employment, Vocational Training and Youth Social Integration Delegation. It notes that the detailed information provided covers the vacancies and job applications dealt with by the employment service and the employment assistance measures implemented during the period. With reference to its previous requests, the Committee also hopes that the Government's next report will contain full statistics on the situation and trends of the active population, employment and unemployment disaggregated by sex, age, sector and skill level. Please also provide any available evaluation of the effectiveness of employment assistance measures.

2. The Committee once again requests the Government, in addition to the information provided on labour market policy measures, to supply additional information on other aspects of employment policy within the meaning of the Convention. It requests, in particular, the Government to describe the overall and sectoral development policies pursued in the context of the Progress Pact and following the closure of the Pacific Experimentation Centre. Please refer in this respect to the questions contained in the report form on Article 1 of the Convention.

3. Article 3. Please provide examples of the subjects discussed by the High Territorial Committee for Employment, Vocational Training and Social Promotion.