Manpower minister leads RI delegation to ILC
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa Wea is leading Indonesia's tripartite delegation to the 91st International Labor Conference (ILC) taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, from June 3 to June 17.
The conference is being held to discuss labor issues such as poverty alleviation, workplace safety and security, and the elimination of discrimination in the workplace.
An adviser to the minister on institutional and international relations, Edison Situmorang, is already in Geneva to lead the delegation during the ILC's preliminary meetings, which will last until June 7.
A number of other top officials from the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration have left for Geneva to represent the government at the conference.
Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) chairman Hasanuddin Rachman and several other Apindo executives will represent employers, investors and state-owned Pertamina at the conference, while a number of labor activists will represent workers.
Only five of Indonesia's 68 labor unions are sending representatives to the two-week meeting. The five are the Confederation of All-Indonesian Workers Union (KSPSI), the Federation of Trade Unions for Justice, Welfare and Unity (SPKP), the Federation of Indonesian Unions (SPI), the Indonesian Prosperity Trade Union (SBSI) and the Telcom Sector Union (SP Telkom).
According to a press release from the International Labor Organization (ILO) office in Jakarta on Monday, all of the delegations to the conference are expected to discuss a road map for fighting poverty, enhancing safety and security in the workplace, and eliminating labor discrimination.
The ILC is also slated to review ILO Seafarers' Identity Document Convention No. 108/1958 and to discuss a new international standard on human resource development, to replace ILO Human Resource Development Recommendation No. 150/1975.
South African President Thabo Mbeki is scheduled to deliver an address to the conference on June 11, while Jordan's King Abdullah II is scheduled to address the meeting on June 12.