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Further to its previous comments concerning the observance of the Convention by Myanmar, the Committee has taken note of the discussion that took place in June 1996, at the Conference Committee, which noted the Government's persistent failure to implement the Convention. The Committee notes that a progress report on measures taken by the Government to abolish recourse to forced labour was received from the Government on 18 October 1996. The Committee further notes that by letter dated 20 June 1996 addressed to the Director-General of the ILO, 25 Workers' delegates to the International Labour Conference presented a complaint under article 26 of the Constitution against the Government of Myanmar for non-observance of the Convention, that a supplementary communication from the complainants was received on 31 October 1996, and that the Governing Body of the ILO, at its 267th Session in November 1996, decided that the Government of Myanmar should be requested by the Director-General to communicate its observations on the complaint by 31 January 1997.

In the circumstances, and pending consideration of the complaint made under article 26 of the Constitution, the Committee defers its examination of the observance of the Convention by Myanmar.