RI to ratify ILO Convention

RI to ratify ILO Convention

JAKARTA: The government is expected to ratify the Convention
on Seafarers Identity Documents in the near future in a bid to
protect the rights of Indonesian seafarers to job opportunities
in foreign shipping fleets.

A national workshop concerning the International Labor
Organization (ILO) convention will be conducted next week in
conjunction with the government's plan to ratify it, according to
a statement from the organization.

The workshop will be organized by the ILO, in cooperation with
with the government, the Consortium of Indonesian Manning
Agencies (CIMA), the Indonesian National Shipowners Association
(INSA) and the Indonesian Seafarers' Union.

A number of government representatives as well as employers
and workers organizations will discuss the provisions of the
convention and the implications of its implementation here.

Indonesia is among the countries that provide the largest
number of seafarers to the world's merchant marines. There are
around 130,000 Indonesian seamen working overseas. -- JP