The International Labor Organization (ILO) opened its annual conference on Wednesday with a series of issues on agenda, including rural poverty reduction, labor rights and the worsening world food crisis.
The conference will discuss how to promote rural employment for poverty reduction, fundamental both to the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and the ILO's Decent Work agenda, the Geneva-based UN agency said in a statement.
The conference, which will run until June 13, will also consider strategic challenges in terms of obtaining decent work, as well as host a high-level panel discussion on "Tackling the food crisis through investment, production and decent work," the statement said.
Among other special events, the conference will mark the World Day Against Child Labor on June 12 under the theme "Education, the right response to child labor."
Delegates will also discuss a latest ILO report on the situation of workers in the occupied Arab territories.
The role of the annual labor conference is to adopt and oversee compliance with international labor standards, establish the budget of the ILO and elect members of the ILO Governing Body.
Since 1919, the conference has served as a major international forum for debate on social and labor questions of worldwide importance.
This year's conference is expected to draw more than 3,000 delegates including labor ministers and leaders of workers' and employers' organizations from most of the ILO's 181 member states.
Each member country has the right to send four delegates to the conference: two from government and one each representing workers and employers, each of whom may speak and vote independently.
Source: Xinhua
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