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Articles 1 and 3(1) of the Convention. Participation of representative organizations. The Committee notes the Government’s first report on the application of the Convention received in May 2008. It notes in particular that, under section 215 of the Labour Code, the representative nature of trade union organizations shall be determined by the result of professional elections. According to the Government, the first professional elections are due to be held in 2008. Referring to the issues concerning freedom of association dealt with by the Committee on Freedom of Association, as well as its comments on the application of Convention No. 87, the Committee requests the Government to specify the manner in which the representatives of employers and workers were chosen, enabling them to freely undertake the tripartite consultations required by Convention No. 144.

Article 4(2). Financing of training. The Committee noted that two tripartite workshops have been organized, one with the assistance of the ILO in March 2008 and the other in cooperation with the Arab Centre for Labour Administration and Employment in November 2007. The Committee hopes that the Government will be able to indicate in its next report the arrangements made for the financing of the necessary training of participants in the consultative procedures.

Article 5(1)(c) and (e). Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Government indicates that, in accordance with section 3 of Decree No. 2008-0023/PR/MESN of 20 January 2008 regulating the organization and operation of the National Council for Labour, Employment and Vocational Training, the Council may give technical and legal advice on the proper implementation or possible denunciation of the international labour conventions to which Djibouti is a party. In the annex to the report, the Government has forwarded the recommendations made by the participants in the tripartite workshop held in March 2008. The recommendations show in particular that the Government was encouraged to ratify Conventions Nos 135 and 158. Furthermore, in its comments on Convention No. 96, the Committee of Experts invited the Government and the social partners to consider ratifying Convention No. 181. In this regard, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the consultations held in the National Council for Labour, Employment and Vocational Training on each of the matters relating to international labour standards referred to in Article 5(1) of the Convention. Please also indicate whether tripartite consultations have been held on the ratification of Conventions Nos 135, 158 and 181.