co-ordinating and implementing measures designed to discourage the employment of minors and to ensure compliance with the regulations safeguarding the employment of children. Accordingly, the Directorate-General for Minors in Employment has implemented the following programmes; a programme to obtain information on the circumstances of minors; a programme to develop awareness within Colombian society so as to bring about a change in its attitude towards the exploitation of minors who have to work; and a programme to ensure compliance with the regulations and to effectively apply the relevant sanctions to violators. 49. In conjunction with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, the Institute is carrying out programmes for minors in employment. A co-ordinated effort has been made to explicitly incorporate all protective measures into the Minors' Code, which is to be submitted to the legislature in 1988 (annex 9). 50. It is necessary to provide some clarification on articles 29, 30 and 31 of the Substantive Labour Code. These articles stipulate the conditions for hiring labour and specify the age of individuals who are authorized to enter into individual contracts of employment (those who are over 18 years of age) and prohibit people under 18 years of age from entering into contracts without written authorization from their legal representatives or, failing this, from the labour inspector, the mayor, police inspector or chief magistrate of their place of employment. E/198 6 /4/Add.25 page 15 51. Article 6 of Act No. 20 of 1982 prohibits parents, tutors or guardians as well as officials of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security from authorizing bonded labour by third parties or from directly employing in any way whatsoever minors of less than 14 years of age who are under their parental authority and/or care and who have not completed their fifth year of primacy education.
**Analysis**
The text primarily focuses on the regulation and protection of minors' employment, discussing measures to prevent child labor, ensure compliance with laws, and provide awareness about the issue. It also mentions the development of a code and the prohibition of bonded labor and direct employment of minors under a certain age. These themes suggest a strong connection to the field of employment and labor regulations.

**Category**
Employment