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The Committee notes the Government’s report and the comments made by the Trade Union Confederation of Guatemala (UNSITRAGUA) on the application of the Convention, which were forwarded by the Government with its report.

The Committee thanks the Government for having sent the Agreement on socio-economic issues and the agrarian situation, concluded by the Government and the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unit in 1996. The Committee notes that Part III of the Agreement covers the "agrarian situation and rural development". The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures adopted up to now to give effect to the Agreement. The Committee also requests the Government to indicate the manner in which it has encouraged policies and reforms to facilitate the establishment of organizations of rural workers, since the Government’s report only contains general statements on this matter.