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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:

The Committee notes the Government's report and the information provided in reply to its previous direct request. It notes in particular that effective consultations in the meaning of Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention only appear to be held, with regard to government replies to questionnaires concerning items on the agenda of the International Labour Conference (Article 5, paragraph 1(a)), if these questionnaires involve issues related to the representative organizations or their members, or on points that are within their jurisdiction. In other cases, the documents are only copied to them for information.

The Committee recalls in this respect that effective consultations are consultations which enable the representative organizations to have a useful say in each of the matters relating to ILO activities enumerated by the Convention and that, in order to do so, it is necessary that sufficient time be accorded in order to enable them to make any observations on the matters submitted for tripartite consultation.

The Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply detailed information in its next report on the consultations undertaken concerning each of the matters enumerated in Article 5, paragraph 1, including the frequency of the consultations, with an indication of the manner in which the opinions or observations made by the representative organizations are taken into account and the nature of any reports or recommendations made as a result of the consultations.

Finally, the Committee regrets to note the absence of any developments concerning the application of the Convention to Zanzibar. It reiterates the hope expressed in its previous comments and would be grateful if the Government would inform the Office of any measure taken to extend the application of the Convention to the territory of Zanzibar.