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In reply to the Committee's previous comments, the Government states that agricultural wage earners, including daily and temporary workers, will only be covered by a compensation scheme for accidents after the adoption of two draft texts, one amending the Labour Code and the other revising the Legislative Decree of 1974 regarding the organization of social security. The first draft text is currently under examination by the Transitional National Assembly and the second is under discussion by the Council of Ministers. The Committee notes this information. It trusts that the Government will not fail to take all the necessary measures for the adoption of the above draft texts to ensure that agricultural wage earners (including daily, temporary and casual workers) enjoy the protection guaranteed by this Convention, which was ratified by Rwanda over 35 years ago. The Committee requests the Government to indicate any progress achieved in this respect.

[The Government is asked to report in detail in 2002.]