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1. The Committee notes the detailed information contained in the Government’s latest report.

2. The Committee takes this opportunity to recall that the Governing Body of the ILO has invited parties to Convention No. 32 to consider ratification of the Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979 (No. 152), which revised Convention No. 32. Such ratification would automatically entail an immediate denunciation of Convention No. 32 (GB.268/LILS/5(Rev.1), paragraphs 99-101). The Committee also wishes to bring the Government’s attention to the ILO’s newly adopted code of practice in this area, Safety and health in ports, Geneva, 2005. This code of practice is available, inter alia, through the ILO’s web site by the following link, http://www.ilo.org/public/
english/protection/safework/cops/english/index.htm. The Government is requested to keep the Committee informed of any developments in this respect.