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The Committee notes the brief report of the Government received during the present session. It notes, according to figures published by the OECD, that total employment fell in 1988 and that the unemployment rate rose from 7.9 per cent in 1986-87, to 8.6 per cent in 1988 and was expected to exceed 9 per cent in 1989. Referring also to its 1987 observation, the Committee hopes the Government will supply a detailed report for examination at its next session, containing the information specifically requested by the report form for the Convention on the principal policies pursued and measures taken with the aims of the Convention as to full and productive employment as a major goal in mind.