CMNT_TITLE

1. The Committee notes the Government’s first report on the application of the Convention, received in November 2002. The Government indicates in its report that a standards committee holds the consultations required by the Convention. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to provide information on the consultations held during the next reporting period on all of the subjects listed in paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Convention (in particular on the matters referred to in subparagraphs (a),(b) and (e)), indicating the nature of any reports or recommendations made as a result of the consultations.

2. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would also indicate in its next report whether training on the functioning of tripartite consultations has been considered necessary or has taken place (Article 4, paragraph 2) and on any consultations held with the representative organizations on "the working of the procedures" provided for in the Convention (Article 6).