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With reference also to its observation, the Committee draws the Government’s attention to the following points.

1. Number of inspectors and their status and conditions of service. The Committee notes that, according to the table on the number of inspectors, of the 60 posts of inspector envisaged for the inspection and enforcement division, only 53 are actually filled, and of the 37 posts of inspector envisaged for the health and safety division, only 21 are filled. Noting also the annotation "under contract" for seven of these 21 inspectors, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures adopted or envisaged to increase the staff of the inspection services, in particular by filling the vacant posts that have been budgeted for. The Government is also asked to specify the status and conditions of service of inspectors under contract.

2. Publication and communication of an annual inspection report. The Committee notes the various statistical tables on the items specified under points (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Article 21 of the Convention for the period June 2001 to May 2003. It trusts that the activity reports for the previous years, the formulation of which was announced by the Government, will be available to employers and workers and their organizations, and that the Government will ensure that in future an annual inspection report will be regularly published and sent to the ILO, as required by Article 20, and that it will contain the information requested under Article 21, including statistics of industrial accidents and occupational diseases ((f) and (g).