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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:

Article 3 of the Convention. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes that in the event of sickness the employer is bound to pay a worker a benefit equal to the worker's pay within the limit established by sections 38 and 39 of the collective agreement adopted in 1973. The Committee also notes that sickness benefit is provided by the employer, in accordance with the provisions of sections 38 and 39 of the above collective agreement. The Committee would emphasise that Convention No. 24 provides for the establishment of a sickness insurance scheme (Article 7) and not for the employer to provide the prescribed benefits directly.

Article 4(a). The Committee notes that workers who are not housed receive the necessary medical care and medicines within the framework of the enterprise's medical service in the event of sickness, and that this is established under an extension of the interpretation of section 19 of Order No. 72-60/SG/CG of 12 January 1972. The Committee hopes that in the near future the Government will take the necessary steps to incorporate this practice into the legislation.

(b) The Committee notes that public health centres provide care at tariffs that are fixed according to categories and that in general care is provided at the centres in accordance with customs that have become established over a number of years in Djibouti, and that the consequent hospitalisation costs are paid by the employer without any participation by the worker, except in cases where there are special provisions in the individual employment contract.

Article 6. The Committee notes that up to the present time, the provisions of section 2 of Order No. 72-60/SG/CG of 12 January 1972 respecting independent medical services have not been applied.

With regard to the possibility of requesting the technical co-operation of the Office, the Committee notes that the Government will not fail to make use of it when necessary. The Committee hopes that the Government will continue to examine how a sickness insurance scheme may be established, in ways that are adapted to the needs and possibilities of the country, in accordance with the fundamental provisions of this Convention.