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The Committee has taken note of the Government's first report on the application of the Convention and has also examined the text of Act No. 86-845 of 17 July 1986 respecting the general principles of labour law, and the organisation and operation of the labour inspectorate and the labour tribunals in French Polynesia. The Committee notes with interest section 2 of the Act, which provides that origin, sex, the state of pregnancy, family status, membership or non-membership of an ethnic group, political opinion, trade union activities or religious convictions must not be taken into account in offering employment, recruitment and the employment relationship. The Committee also notes the Government's statement that Decisions are to be adopted to implement the provisions of the above Act in the fields of employment and vocational training and to enable the Polynesian population to have access to supervisory posts.

The Committee asks the Government to provide the texts of the Decisions adopted to this end and to indicate the practical measures taken to promote effective application of the principle of non-discrimination laid down in the Convention and in the above legislation, with regard to (a) access to vocational training, (b) access to employment, and (c) conditions of employment. The Committee would also be grateful if the Government would provide statistical data (by sex, national extraction and religion) of persons who have attended vocational training courses and persons employed in the public and private sectors, including the agricultural sector.