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The Committee takes note of the comments made by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) concerning the denial of the right to strike in the civil service. The Committee recalls that it has been examining this issue for a number of years and dealt with it in its latest comments (see 2003 observation, 74th Session). The Committee also notes that several other comments made by the ICFTU (denial of collective bargaining rights of teachers in the public service) concern Convention No. 98 and have also already been raised by the Committee in its previous comments under that Convention. The Committee requests the Government to transmit its observations on the comments made by the ICFTU and the pending comments of the Committee in its next reports on Conventions Nos. 87 and 98 due for the regular reporting cycle in 2005.