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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 report provided by the Government in reply to its previous comments.

Article 20 of the Convention. The Committee takes note of the annual report on the activities of the labour inspection services for 1995 which was communicated in May 1997. The Committee recalls that, under the terms of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, these reports should be published and publication should take place within a period of not more than 12 months from the end of the year to which they relate. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide further information in its next report on the manner in which these provisions are applied.

Article 21. Noting the statistics of industrial accidents and occupational diseases required under Article 21(f) and (g) of the Convention, the Committee again draws the Government's attention to its general observation of 1996 concerning the potential usefulness of the practical ILO guidelines on the "Recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases" (ILO, 1996) as a basic work of reference for the collection, recording and communication of reliable data on occupational accidents and diseases and related statistics, for the development of appropriate systems for the recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases, and as a guide for joint action by employers and workers for the prevention of such accidents and diseases.

General application of the Convention. For a number of years, the Government's reports have not contained information on developments in legislation and practice relating to the application of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to provide the detailed information required by the Convention in its next report.