Employment minister heads tripartite delegation at Geneva conference |07 June 2017

Seychelles is once again being represented at the 106th session of the International Labour Conference taking place in Geneva.

A five-member delegation headed by the Minister for Employment, Entrepreneurship Development and Business Innovation Wallace Cosgrow is taking part in the June 5-16 conference which is the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) highest decision-making body. It meets annually in June, bringing together the tripartite delegations from the ILO 187 member states.

Other members of the delegation are the principal secretary for employment Jules Baker, the employment department’s senior cooperation officer Melissa Duffets, the secretary general of the Seychelles Federation of Workers’ Union Antoine Robinson and representative of the Association of Seychelles’ Employers Felix Charles.

Seychelles became a member of the ILO in 1977 and the Ministry of Employment, Entrepreneurship Development and Business Innovation is the focal point for the organisation locally.

The conference comprises a plenary and of technical committees. During the intermediate plenary sittings, delegates may take part in discussions on the reports of the chairperson of the governing body and of the director general.

The conference will also be celebrating World Day Against Child Labour on June 12, with an event to be held at the Palais des Nations. This year’s theme is ‘In conflicts and disasters, protect children from child labour’.