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1. Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Committee notes the detailed information provided by the Government’s report received in June 2005 in relation to the 2004 direct request. The Committee notes the comprehensive Parliamentary Paper No. 16 of 2004, Promoting labour excellence in Fiji, which also contains indications on the tripartite activities held in relation with international labour standards. It further notes that in the meetings scheduled for late 2005, the Labour Advisory Board (LAB) will hold consultations on the pending instruments for submission to Parliament (Article 5, paragraph 1(b), of the Convention). It further notes that the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) and the Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129), which are the two priority Conventions that have not yet been ratified by Fiji, will be tabled with the LAB in September 2005 (Article 5, paragraph 1(c)) and that the denunciation of Conventions Nos. 50, 64, 65 and 86 will be included in the LAB agenda for 2006 (Article 5, paragraph 1(d)). It would appreciate continuing to receive particulars of the consultations held during the period covered by the report on the matters set out in the Convention and on the issues raised in this direct request.

2. Training of participants on the consultative procedures. 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).