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The Committee notes with interest the Government's first and second reports on the application of the Convention, and in particular the adoption of Act No. 21 of 5 September 1991 establishing the National Council for Prevention and for the Rehabilitation, Education and Social Integration of Disabled Persons (CONAPREM), and of Decree No. 107 of 2 May 1995 which establishes the principle of equality of opportunity and treatment in employment for disabled persons. In its reports, the Government indicates that the General Employment Directorate and staff from the State Secretariat for Labour are taking all the necessary measures to develop vocational rehabilitation and employment services for disabled persons, in particular through training programmes developed by the National Institute for Technical Training and through the establishment of a department for the guidance, promotion and integration of disabled persons in the normal labour market. The Committee requests the Government to indicate in its next report any relevant developments in this area, and in particular to indicate the measures taken to give effect to Articles 7, 8 and 9 of the Convention. The Government is also asked to continue to provide information on the implementation of the national policy for the rehabilitation and employment of disabled persons laid down in particular by the CONAPREM. In this regard the Committee notes that section 3 of Act No. 21/91 establishing the above-mentioned National Council provides for the participation in the Council of representative organizations made up of or dealing with the interests of disabled persons. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would indicate the manner in which employers' and workers' representative organizations participate in the work of the Council or are consulted, in accordance with Article 5 of the Convention, on the implementation of the national policy. Lastly, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the application in practice of the Convention and for that purposes refers it to point 5 of the report form.