9/2/99: Regional labour chiefs meet

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Subject:         Regional labour chiefs meet in Thailand
   Date:         Thu, 22 Oct 1998 19:01:27 -0700
   From:         suriya <suriya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
     To:         burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx

suriya wrote:

> Regional labour chiefs meet in Thailand
> posted at 13:30 hrs (Bangkok time)
>
> BANGKOK, Feb 9 -- Representatives from 25 Asia-Pacific countries met in
> Thailand Tuesday to examine ways to improve the plight of workers around the
> economically troubled region, the International Labour Organisation (ILO)
> said.
>
> The ILO said the three-day symposium would hear experts discuss the
> implications of the Declaration on Fundamental Rights and Principles at Work
> adopted last year.
>
> The declaration says ILO membership carries an obligation to respect and,promote
> ILO conventions on issues such as forced labour and ''fundamental,rights''
> regardless of whether a country has ratified them.
>
> A symposium organiser said a representative from Myanmar, junta senior level
> officer Than Hla, would submit a paper but would not speak. Myanmar is widely
> condemned for abuses of human rights including allegations of forced labour,
> particularly the use of ethnic minority villagers as porters for the military.
>
> The junta denies the allegations.
>
> The ILO said Monday the regional economic crisis had provided an opportunity to
> improve labour conditions around the region. ''The financial crisis has brought
> social justice to the top of national agendas,'' a statement said.
>
> ''Far from putting developing and newly industrialised countries at a
> disadvantage, international labour standards can make them more competitive.''
> (AFP)

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