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The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its 2003 direct request, which read as follows:

1. The Committee notes the Government’s first report on the application of the Convention, received in July 2003. The Government indicates in its report that the procedures through which effective consultations are ensured consist of written communications through the representative organizations of employers and workers. It further states that copies of the reports and questionnaires are forwarded to the respective organizations for their comments. The Committee asks the Government to indicate if consultation took place with the representative organizations for the purpose of establishing these arrangements, as required by Article 2, paragraph 2, of the Convention.

2. Article 4. The Committee would appreciate receiving information on the arrangements made or envisaged for the financing of any necessary training of participants in the consultative procedures (paragraph 2).

3. Please also provide detailed information on the consultations held during the reporting period on each of the subjects listed in Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention, and indicate any reports or recommendations made as a result of the consultations. Please also include information on the frequency of such consultations and the nature of any reports or recommendations made as a result of the consultations (Article 5, paragraph 2).

4. Article 6. The Committee asks the Government to indicate in its next report whether consultations have been held with the representative organizations on “the working of the procedures” provided for in the Convention and, if so, to give particulars of the decisions adopted and to supply copies of any reports issued as a result.