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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 that the Government’s report contains no reply to its previous comments.

The Committee recalls that its 1988 direct request asked the Government to collect and transmit information concerning the size and types of the different populations of the country, including the characteristics that differentiate them from the rest of the population and the languages spoken by them. In its March 1991 report, the Government undertook to conduct an in-depth study in order to supply the information requested. Subsequently, in its 1992 report, the Government indicated that there had been profound changes in Angola’s constitutional order which had a specific impact on human rights.

The Committee notes the Government’s indication that the situation in the regions where the populations concerned are most likely to live has rendered it difficult to provide the information sought by the Committee regarding the size and types of populations in the country. It nevertheless urges the Government to provide any concrete information in its possession concerning the points raised in the Committee’s previous comments, including information on the legislative changes referred to in the Government’s 1992 report.

The Committee expresses the hope that the Government will supply the information necessary to examine the application of the Convention and that it will make every effort to take the necessary steps in the very near future.

[The Government is asked to report in detail in 2004.]