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The Committee notes the Government's report and the information supplied in response to its previous direct request. It notes with interest the adoption on 15 December 1998 of the Regulations to establish the Permanent Commission for the Application of International Labour Standards and the Tripartite Cooperation Agreement signed on 11 February 1999 between the Government and the representative organizations of employers and workers. The Committee hopes that the Government will be in a position to provide information in its next report on progress made in applying the Convention, particularly the following Articles, addressed by the Committee in its previous comments.

Article 4, paragraph 2, of the Convention. The Government is asked to indicate the arrangements made or envisaged for the financing of any necessary training of persons participating in the consultation procedures.

Article 5. The Government is asked to provide information on the content of the consultations held within the abovementioned Permanent Commission on the issues set out in paragraph 1, including information on their frequency and the nature of any reports or recommendations resulting from them.

Article 6. The Government is asked to state whether tripartite consultations have been held on the possibility of preparing an annual report on the activities of the Permanent Commission for the Application of International Labour Standards; if so, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would inform it of the results of such consultations.