{"id":17078,"date":"2013-06-18T16:44:31","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T16:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=4914cbd75525c378c2b3d606fa820e08"},"modified":"2013-06-18T16:44:31","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T16:44:31","slug":"press-release-un-labour-organisation-recognises-burmese-progress-on-ending-forced-labour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=17078","title":{"rendered":"Press release: UN labour organisation recognises Burmese progress on ending forced labour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I welcome this move by the International Labour Organization (<abbr title=\"International Labour Organization\">ILO<\/abbr>) to remove restrictions on Burma in recognition of the progress made there in recent years. Coming off the back of last week\u2019s announcement by the EU that Burma would be a preferred trade partner this is further evidence that the international community is positively encouraging Burma\u2019s efforts towards reform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">However, Burma still has a long way to go in ensuring full workers rights, and there are still existing forced labour practices which must be consigned to history where they belong. We, alongside Burma\u2019s other international partners, will work with the Burmese authorities and the <abbr title=\"International Labour Organization\">ILO<\/abbr> to achieve this.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thirteen years ago, the <abbr title=\"International Labour Organization\">ILO<\/abbr> placed restrictions on Burma due to its widespread use of forced labour, particularly by the military. This included a moratorium on all engagement by <abbr title=\"International Labour Organization\">ILO<\/abbr> members on engagement with Burma on any issue except forced labour. Now restrictions are lifted, <abbr title=\"International Labour Organization\">ILO<\/abbr> members will be able to offer technical advice on employment and work related issues and policies. The UK supported today\u2019s move to lift the remaining restrictions given the significant legal and practical progress Burma has made towards ending forced labour and putting in place measures to allow trade unions and other workers\u2019 organisations to operate freely in the country.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<p>Follow Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire on twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HugoSwire\">@HugoSwire<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice\">@foreignoffice<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignoffice?ref=hl\">facebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/b\/105922144104190309938\/+foreignoffice\/posts\">Google+<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/foreign-commonwealth-office.atom\">announcements feed<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/email-signup?organisation=foreign-commonwealth-office\">email alerts<\/a> to get our latest news and announcements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire today welcomed the International Labour Organization\u2019s lifting of restrictions on Burma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17078"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}