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The Committee notes the information, in particular the statistics, provided in the Government’s report, which refers to a significant increase in the number of occupational diseases recognized and compensated within the framework of the general system for occupational risk compensation. The number of such diseases has in fact risen from around 1,000 in 2004 to almost 3,000 in 2006. The Committee asks the Government to continue to provide, in its future reports, information concerning the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice and the reasons or measures which are the basis for the increase in the cases of occupational diseases that are recognized and compensated in the country.

The Committee also recalls that, according to the comments sent in 2003 by the Confederation of Pensioners of Colombia (CPC), a large number of ex-trade unionists are deprived of their pensions and the treatment to which they are entitled. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide its comments on this matter in its next report and indicate whether any victims of occupational diseases could have been affected in this respect.