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The Committee notes the information contained in the Government's detailed report for the period ending September 1999. It notes with interest that the Government has been working closely with the ILO/EAMAT team and other international organizations to improve its employment policies, and that the Government has developed an ambitious programme to promote job creation, at an anticipated rate of 455,000 new jobs per year in the 1996-2010 period. The Committee also notes the Government's statement that a draft policy document was prepared, based on a 1994-95 ILO technical cooperation project on employment policy and employment programmes. It would appreciate receiving further information in the Government's next report on whether the draft policy was adopted and what programmes have been established to give it effect.