ILO appoints permament liaison officer in Myanmar ( AFP ) September 4, 2002


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ILO appoints permanent liaison officer in Myanmar

GENEVA, Sept 4 (AFP)

The International Labour Office (ILO) has appointed a Vietnamese national as its permanent liaison officer in Myanmar to oversee efforts to wipe out forced labour.

Hong-Trang Perret-Nguyen, who is director of the ILO's industrial relations department, will take up her new post in Yangon in early October, an ILO press release said.Her appointment follows an understanding reached between the Geneva-based ILO and the military junta in Myanmar in March that the role of liaison officer would cover all activities relevant to ensuring the "prompt and effective" elimination of forced labour in the country.The ILO stipulated on Wednesday that "she should be extended all facilities and support to that effect".

Under the mandate, the liaison officer, in cooperation with the authorities, "will have to help establish strategies to effectively address the root causes of the forced labour situation in Myanmar", the statement said.

A 1998 ILO inquiry found the practice of forced labour was "widespread and systematic" and targeted ethnic minorities living in border regions.

Perret-Nguyen takes over from interim liaison officer Leon de Riedmatten who was appointed in May.

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