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The Committee notes the Government’s report for the period ending September 2000, and the report on the activities of the inter-prefectoral labour inspectorate for the northern zone for the period December 1998-November 1999. It notes that the Government’s report due for the Committee’s present session has not been received.

Material resources of the labour inspectorate and effectiveness of its activities (Articles 11 and 16 of the Convention). The Committee notes that, due to the absence of adequate material resources for its work, the inspection services are unable to discharge their duties. According to the information contained in the report on the activities of the inter-prefectoral inspectorate referred to above, which covers eight prefectures, there is only one service vehicle, in a poor condition, for all inspectors. As a result, no inspection could be made outside N’Djamena. The Committee had already noted in its 1985 General Survey on labour inspection the hope expressed by the National Union of Workers of Chad that, with international assistance, a solution could be found to the material difficulties preventing the operation of the inspectorate, and particularly the lack of transport facilities and equipment. In previous reports, the Government announced that efforts would be made to improve the situation. The Committee hopes that the Government has indeed taken the appropriate measures to seek and obtain in the context of international cooperation the funding necessary for the renewal of inspection activities and that it will provide information in its next report on developments in the situation.