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Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. Consultation on unratified Conventions. The Committee notes the detailed report sent by the Government for the period ending May 2008 and the observations from the Confederation of Portuguese Industry (CIP) and the General Union of Workers (UGT) attached to this report. The CIP declares that its opinions are rarely received favourably by the Government. In reply, the Government asserts that it has taken into account the information and opinions sent by a number of social partners and has sent these to the ILO. The UGT declares that it has advocated without success the ratification of a number of Conventions – namely, Conventions Nos 161, 168, 173, 177 and 183. The Committee invites the social partners to hold tripartite consultations in order to re-examine unratified Conventions and Recommendations to which effect has not yet been given, to consider what measures might be taken to promote their implementation and ratification as appropriate (Article 5, paragraph 1(c), of the Convention). The Committee hopes that the next reports will continue to provide detailed information on the form and content of formal consultations held on the matters covered by the Convention.