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With reference to its previous direct requests, the Committee takes note of the Government's report.

1. The Committee notes the Government's statement that in Guinea no distinction is made between men and women as regards access to training, access to employment and in conditions of employment, and that the statistics reflecting the practical application of the policy of equal opportunity and treatment in respect of access to training and employment and conditions of employment are not available at present because the machinery for their compilation is beset by serious logistical and material difficulties. The Committee hopes that the Government will endeavour to compile and analyse such data in order to obtain accurate information on the nature and extent of existing inequalities in training and employment and to prepare measures to eliminate them. The Committee would be grateful if, in its next report, the Government would indicate the steps taken to this end and any results obtained.

2. The Committee notes that the report contains no reply to points 2 and 3 of its previous direct request and hopes that the Government will provide the necessary information on the following points in its next report:

(a) The Committee noted that, in the context of the Government's vocational training policy, the vast programme for the identification of undertakings that take employment opportunities into account is at the stage of processing the data collected. It again expresses the hope that in its next report the Government will be able to indicate the results obtained through the implementation of the policy, specifying in particular the measures taken or contemplated to facilitate women's access to training and employment.

(b) Noting that under section 21 of the Fundamental Act of 1990 the State guarantees equal access to public posts, the Committee asks the Government to indicate the measures taken to implement this policy.

3. In reply to the Committee's request for a copy of the two decrees concerning the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, the Government states that this department was abolished following the last Cabinet reshuffle on 6 February 1992. Please indicate the government bodies responsible for employment offers and vocational training and describe their activities relating to the application of the principle of non-discrimination in employment and occupation.