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ILO Meeting to focus on creation of decent work

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More than 600 governmental officials, workers, employers and leaders from some 40 Asian, Pacific and Arab countries will gather at the 14th Asian Regional Meeting of the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Busan from Aug. 29 to Sept. 1.

The ILO Asian Regional Meeting will be held at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO) in the nation's second largest city with delegates from 29 countries in Asia and the Pacific and 11 Arab nations in attendance.

The discussions will focus on themes of promoting competitiveness, productivity and jobs in a globalizing world; providing decent employment for young women and men; managing labor migration to benefit both sending and receiving countries and protect migrant workers; adapting and modernizing labor laws and labor market institutions; and extending social protection.

Heads of governments participating in the meeting will address delegates on the subject of Asia's leading role in creating decent work in the 21st century, while labor ministers will take up the theme of developing workers' skills for decent jobs in the context of globalization at an informal ministerial meeting.

“With over 60 percent of the global workforce, Asian countries are of great diversity and global significance,” said ILO Director-General Juan Somavia who came to Seoul on Wednesday (Aug. 23) prior to the Busan meeting. “A major reduction in the decent work deficit in this region will be a tremendous boost to the realization of decent work globally.”

Somavia will present two reports at the meeting. The first one will be “Realizing Decent Work in Asia,” which assesses how economic growth has affected workers and working conditions, examines the links between decent work, poverty reduction and social equality, and highlights key policy challenges.

The second report titled “Decent Work in Asia: Reporting on Results 2001-2005” catalogues concrete efforts by countries to progress toward decent work with ILO support.


The source of news : Korea.net  August 28, 2006