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1. Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. Further to the Committee’s observation of 1998, the Government indicates in its report received in September 2003 that it systematically sends copies of the reports concerning submission to the occupational organizations of employers and the most representative confederations before transmitting the reports to Parliament. These organizations also receive copies of reports on the application of Conventions made under article 22 of the Constitution of the ILO, as well as copies of replies to questionnaires on specific subjects. The consultative bodies, such as the Advisory Labour Commission, are not yet operational. The Committee refers to the comments that it is making on the constitutional obligation of submission and requests the Government to provide information in its next report on the application of Convention No. 144 on the consultations held with representative organizations concerning the proposals contained in reports to be submitted to Parliament (Article 5, paragraph 1(b), of the Convention). In particular, it asks the Government to regularly supply reports containing detailed information on the written consultations held on the matters covered by Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention, with an indication of any activities undertaken by the Advisory Labour Commission.

2. Operation of the consultative procedures. The Committee hopes that consultations will be held in the near future with representative organizations on the "working of the procedures provided for in this Convention" (Article 6) and that the Government will be in a position to provide information on this matter in its next report.