Minister U Aung Kyi receives Mr Kari Tapiola, Executive Director of International Labour Organization - MNA

 Labour Minister receives Executive Director of ILO

 NAY PYI TAW, 26 Feb — Minister for Labour U Aung Kyi received Executive Director Dr Kari Tapiola and party of International Labour Organization (ILO) at his office, here, this morning.

 They discussed the activities for continuous cooperation between the government of the Union of Myanmar and the ILO.

 The ILO officials also called on the Working Group for Prevention Against Forced Labour led by Deputy Minister for Labour Brig-Gen Tin Tun Aung at the Ministry of Labour, here.

 They discussed  implementation of the Order No 1/99 and the Order Supplementing Order No 1/99 issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs not to practice requisition of forced labour and the Directive issued by the State Peace and Development Council on 1 November 2000 for prohibiting the requisition of forced labour. In addition, they reviewed progress in implementing the supplementary agreement signed by Myanmar and the ILO on 26 February 2007. As Myanmar has pledged to eradicate the activities of forced labour, it was agreed to extend the supplementary understanding for another one year.    MNA