Ilo Chief To Visit India From Feb 17
The director general of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Juan Somavia will visit India to discuss social and labour challenges emerging from globalisation from February 17 to 21. He will call on Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, visit seminars and institutions in Delhi, Jaipur and Bombay and meet representatives of industry and trade unions.
He will also be present at the signing of a memorandum of understanding extending India's participation in ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC). Given that talks in the World Trade Organisation in Seattle collapsed on this issue, the ILO's closer cooperation with India on this matter will be significant.
Somavia, a lawyer by training and a charismatic speaker, will deliver a public lecture on Decent Work in a Global Economy.
The concept of decent work for women and men was pioneered by Somavia soon after he took over the International Labour Organisation. The concept revolves around work carried out in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity.