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1. With reference to the comments that it has been making for many years, the Committee regrets to note that the Government indicates once again in the report received in June 2004 that the draft Employment Bill which, according to the Government, should give effect to the Convention, has still not been adopted. Recalling that under the terms of Article 1 the provisions of the Convention are required to be given effect by laws or regulations (in so far as they are not made effective by collective agreements, arbitration awards or court decisions, or in such other manner as may be consistent with national practice), the Committee observes that the reform of the labour law has benefited from continued ILO assistance, particularly in the context of project UGA/99/0003 financed by UNDP. In this context, the Committee considers that it is particularly regrettable that the draft Employment Bill has still not been adopted and that over 13 years after the entry into force of the Convention, the Government has not yet provided the slightest information on its application.

2. The Committee trusts that the Government will be in a position in the very near future to report real progress in the adoption of the relevant legislation and that it will provide full particulars in its next report on the application of the provisions of the Convention in both law and practice.