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Articles 1 and 3(1) of the Convention. Participation of representative organizations. The Committee notes that, under section 215 of the Labour Code, the representative nature of trade union organizations shall be determined by the result of professional elections. 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 the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (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. 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 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 the Workers’ Representatives Convention, 1971 (No. 135), Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 (No. 158), and the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181).