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The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee notes the information in the Government’s report and in particular the practical problems concerning acceptance of the identity document in lieu of a passport.

Article 1, paragraph 2, of the Convention. Please indicate the manner in which cases of doubt as to whether any category of persons is considered as a seafarer are decided, and whether workers’ and employers’ organizations have been consulted.

Article 4, paragraphs 2 and 6. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate how shipowners’ and seafarers’ organizations had been consulted prior to deciding the contents of the identity document. The Committee requests the Government to send a hard copy specimen of the identity document with the next report.

Article 5 of the Convention. Please indicate the legal provisions guaranteeing the right of return to Ukraine for up to one year with an expired Ukrainian seafarers’ identity document issued to a foreign seafarer.

Part V of the report form. The Committee requests the Government to provide statistics concerning the number of seafarers’ identity documents issued to Ukrainian citizens and to foreign seafarers.