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1. The Committee notes with regret that no report has been received from the Government since 1992 on the situation of dockworkers. This is of particular concern as the Government had indicated that the number of dockworkers was likely to be affected by the introduction of high-technology facilities. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination at its next session and that it will contain full information on the following matters.

2. Article 3, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Convention. Please indicate the manner in which registered dockworkers are assured priority of engagement for dock work and are required to make themselves available for work. Please also provide particulars of the numbers of dockworkers (including those in Zanzibar) on the registers maintained in accordance with this Article and of variations in their numbers during the period covered by the report, in accordance with Part V of the report form.

3. Article 4. Please describe in detail the measures instituted to prevent or minimize detrimental effects on dockworkers of a reduction in the strength of registers, and the criteria and procedures laid down for the implementation of these measures.

4. Article 5. Please state whether any measures have been taken to encourage further cooperation between employers or their organizations, on the one hand, and workers’ organizations, on the other hand, in improving the efficiency of work in ports.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2005.]