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Int'l labor conference vital for development -- ambassador

Permanent Delegate to the UN and international organizations Ambassador Jamal Al-Ghunaim
Permanent Delegate to the UN and international organizations Ambassador Jamal Al-Ghunaim
GENEVA, May 28 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Permanent Delegate to the UN and international organizations Ambassador Jamal Al-Ghunaim stressed the importance of the annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO), to be held in June.
The conference will mainly focus on unemployment around the world, and will also discuss its effects on the Arab World especially Palestine, Al-Ghunaim told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on Thursday.
The event will also discuss creating an economy which follows international standards in applying workers' rights and social security, developing job markets, and the effects of migration and climate change, he noted.
The conference will include a meeting of the GCC Ministers of Labor, said the Ambassador, adding that the Kuwaiti delegation will be headed by Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for Planning and Development Hind Al-Sabeeh.
The conference will see the participation of 185 countries.(end) ta.ag