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Seamen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1926 (No. 22) - Iraq (RATIFICATION: 1966)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its reports and the attached documentation.

The Committee requests the Government to refer to Article 5 of the Convention which relates to the document that every seafarer must be given. This document has to contain a record of the seafarer's employment on board the vessel, but must not contain any statement as to the quality of the seafarer's work or as to his wages. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the manner in which the form of the document, the particulars to be recorded and the conditions for its establishment are determined, and to provide a copy of the document given to every seafarer.