Myanmar vows to implement ILO Convention on child labor

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Myanmar vows to implement ILO Convention on child labor

YANGON, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar has reiterated its commitment to implement Convention-182 of the International Labor Organization (ILO) which will come into force from Dec. 18, 2014, sources with the parliament said Thursday.

Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Security U Aye Myint told the ongoing parliament session that the Convention-182 calls for the prohibition of child labor and immediate action to eliminate its worst forms.

Under the convention, the worst forms of child labor include slavery or similar practices such as the sale and trafficking of children, debt bondage and serfdom and forced or compulsory labor including forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict; the use, procuring or offering of a child for prostitution, for the production of pornography or for pornographic performances and work which is likely to harm the health, safety and morale of children.

The minister pledged responsibility to rehabilitate the abused children by providing free education and creating appropriate environment for them.

Myanmar declared at the 102th Conference of the ILO in Geneva on July 13, 2013 that it would implement the ILO Convention-182.

Myanmar joined the ILO in 1948 and has agreed to implement 19 conventions of the organization.

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