ILO to arrange meet on 'Global Textile & Clothing Trade,' Oct 24-26
17 Oct '05
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The following 15 Governments will be invited to participate at the expense of the Office: Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, China, France, Haiti, India, Kenya, Lesotho, Mexico, Morocco, the Philippines, Romania, Turkey and the United States. Although the nomination of the Employer and Worker representatives should be made by the respective groups of the Governing Body, it is hoped that national tripartite delegations will be selected.
The following countries will be placed on a reserve list: Burkina Faso, Egypt, Dominican Republic, Italy, Madagascar, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam. Nevertheless, all interested governments may attend as observers at their own expense. Observers will also be invited from the World Bank, the WTO, OECD, European Union, UNCTAD, the International Trade Centre, and the International Textiles and Clothing Bureau (ITCB), together with relevant sectoral international NGOs.
Most of the previously mentioned labour and social issues have been considered by the Sectoral Activities Department in its tripartite sectoral meetings relating to textiles, clothing and leather and footwear. The last meeting of this type, which took place in October 2000, was the Tripartite Meeting on Labour Practices in the Footwear, Leather, Textiles and Clothing Industries.
These ILO meetings provide a forum for tripartite constituents to discuss sectoral issues and to adopt, usually by consensus, conclusions and resolutions. The texts adopted constitute internationally recognized guidelines for employers' and workers' organizations, national governments and the ILO itself.
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