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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:

1. The Committee notes the Government's report for the period ending June 1994 including the information provided in reply to its previous direct request. It notes that while the Government is still not able to furnish the requested data on the active population, the employed and the unemployed by sex, age and sector of activity, studies on the structure of employment and on potentially active persons are under way and will bring about better understanding of the characteristics and tendencies with respect to the evolution of employment in the territory. The Committee notes that the number of jobseekers has increased by one-fourth in 1993 and that about one-third of the unemployed are looking for their first job, half of them being younger than 25 years old. It also notes that, according to the Government, the diminution of the part of the long-term unemployment by half was due mainly to the increase in the number of trainees under the "construction for development" programme.

2. The Committee notes with interest the detailed information concerning various programmes on training and occupational insertion. It observes that the "rate of insertion" obtained seems to prove the efficiency of many of the measures taken. It would be glad to continue receiving such information. More generally, the Committee would ask the Government to include in its next report information concerning other aspects of employment policy, in line with the particular questions contained in the report form under Article 1 of the Convention.

3. The Committee notes the records of proceedings of the High Committee of the Territory for Employment, Vocational Training and Social Promotion, supplied by the Government. Please continue to furnish detailed information on the effect given to Article 3 of the Convention.