Declaration of the 3rd Labour and Employment

Unilateral EU declaration regarding the situation in Birma/Myanmar regarding fundamental principles and rights at work. This declaration is circulated at the conference:

The EU refers to the last report of the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar during the Human Rights council in March 2010 and to the 309^th session (Nov 2010) of the Governing Body of the ILO and recalls conclusions on Myanmar as regards the fight against forced labour adopted during this meeting. The EU strongly urges the Government of Myanmar to respect all its commitments and to work proactively towards their realization. At the same time we confirm our engagement to using the ASEM dialogue and other appropriate channels to improve core labour standards and to promote social development in Myanmar.

Dear colleagues,


Find here attached the Declaration of the 3rd Labour and Employment Ministers’ Conference (LEMCIII) which was held after the consultations with the social partners in Leiden and the Unilateral EU declaration regarding the situation in Burma.


The declaration emphasises the different measures taken to lead to a “job rich” recovery and their impact on budgets. The text welcomes the Social Partners’ Forum on March 29 and on December 12 saying that “social partners can play a constructive role in the crisis recovery process”. Contrary to what the employers asked in their statement, the Ministers also call for implementation of the ILO Global Jobs Pact and the Decent Work Agenda. The Ministers observed progress on social protection and they look forward to June 2011 ILO Conference. They reaffirmed the importance of corporate social responsibility which helps “employers develop joint ownership of core labour standards, social stability and social justice with their employees”. The Ministers also called for better linkages between the worlds of education, training and work in order to foster the development of new skills, especially for the low-carbon economy- better anticipate future skills’ needs and create “robust national competency and skills frameworks.”



The Ministers undertook the following tasks:

1. contribute to the global debate on Employment and Social Policy,

2. promote social dialogue through developing active involvement of social partners in the ASEM employment and social policy cooperation, including technical projects,

3. strengthen dialogue and cooperation through regular SOMs

4. implement projects: Social protection (Finland/Vietnam), Youth Employment (China/Spain), Health and Safety at Work (Singapore, Indonesia/France), Skills Policies (the Philippines/EU country tbd)

Kind regards,

Yorgos Altintzis

Policy Assistant


tel (direct): +32 2 224 0337

email: georgios.altintzis@ituc-csi.org

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ITUC International Trade Union Confederation

CSI Confédération syndicale internationale

CSI Confederación Sindical Internacional

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