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Conference
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Opening Session.
- Welcome
remarks by Her Excellency Mrs. Claudette Bradshaw, Minister of Labor
of Canada and Chair pro tempore of the XII IACML
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- Address
by His Excellency Mr Juan Somavía, Director General of the International
Labor Organization
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- Address
by His Excellency Mr Cesar Gaviria, Secretary General of the OAS
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- Welcome
remarks by His Excellency Mr Jaques Wagner, Minister of Labor and Employment
of Brazil and President of the XIII IACML
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Remarks by Mr Paulo Souto, Governor of Bahia
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First Plenary Session. Overview on the pursuances of the XIII IACML
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Information on the implementation of the Plan of Action of Ottawa, by
Mrs Claudette Bradshaw, Minister of Labor of Canada and Chair pro tempore
of the XIII IACML
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- Report
of the OAS on the activities carried out by the XIII IACML, by Sofia
Morales, Director of the Unit for Social Development and Education of
the OAS
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- Report
by the PAHO about occupational health and safety, by Maritza Tennassee
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- Remarks
by Mr. Meyer
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- Remarks
by Mr Hassan Yussuff, Chair of COSATE
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- Remarks
by Albís Muñoz, President of FEDECAMARAS of Venezuela
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- Remarks
by Agustín Muñoz, Regional Director of OIT
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- Remarks
by Daniel Funes de Rioja, Chair of CEATAL
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Second Plenary Session. Current Labor Conditions in the Hemisphere:
Existing Challenges. Sub-regional challenges, presentation by a Minister of each sub-region
- Remarks
by Minister of Ecuador
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- Remarks
by Minister of Honduras
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Remarks by Minister of Barbados
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- Remarks
by Minister of Mexico
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Remarks by Minister of Uruguay
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Third Plenary Session. Relationship between economic and labor policies.
- Relationship
between economic and labor policies: How to confront the challenges
of an inclusive globalization. Presentation: Paulo Paiva, Vice-President
of the IDB
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Presentation by Virgilio Levaggi, regional specialist of ILO, Trade
Unit of the OAS
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- Ministerial
dialogue. Debates. Remarks by Associate Deputy US Department of Labour
Arnold Levine
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- Ministerial
dialogue.
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- Ministerial
dialogue.
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- Ministerial
dialogue.
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- Ministerial
dialogue. Remarks by Carlos Alfonso Tomada, Minister of Labor of Argentina
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Fouth Plenary Sesion. Social Responsability of the companies.
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Intervention by L. Ronald Scheman, Executive Director of the Interamerican Agency of Cooperation and Development. Social Responsability of the companies
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PRESS RELEASES
Note to the Press
September 25th
Ministers of Labour will meet in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
September 22nd
Brazilian Minister assumes Chairmanship of the Inter-American Forum
September 22nd
Labor will be at the center of discussions from the 24th.
September 22nd
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