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1. The Committee notes the brief description of employment policies and the statistical information on labour market trends provided in the report for 2002.

2. Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. The Committee notes the diversity of economic sectors, and the mild growth in most of these sectors. It also notes the trends in growth of employment in the public sector, disaggregated by sex. It would appreciate receiving further disaggregated statistics, if available, for other groups such as youth and people with disabilities, in light of the various targeted programmes that have been established.

3. Article 3. The Committee notes that the report does not contain any information on consultations with the social partners and again requests more detailed information on the manner in which representatives of persons affected are consulted concerning employment policies, including workers’ and employers’ representatives.