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XII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML) of the OAS

List of Ministries of Labor of the Americas
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Ministers of Labor of the Americas
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Ministerial Conferences since 1963
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XIV IACML – 2005



•  First Preparatory Meeting of the XIV IACML
•  Second Preparatory Meeting of the XIV IACML
•  Third Preparatory Meeting of the XIV IACML
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XIII IACML – 2003


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XII IACML – 2001
•  Final Report
•  Declaration of Ottawa
•  Plan of Action of Ottawa
•  Declaration against the International Terrorism
•  Resolution: SISMEL
•  Challenges of Work for Century XXI
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XI IACML – 1998
•  Declaration and Plan of Action of Viña del Mar
•  Final Report
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X IACML - 1995
•  Declaration and Plan of Action of Buenos Aires

Final Report

(All sections are in word format)

Complete Document


I. BACKGROUND


II. PROCEEDINGS

    A.Preparatory Session

    Election of officials

    Composition of the Committees

    B. Inaugural Session

    C. Plenary Sessions

    Summary of presentations by International Organizations

    Summary of the presentations by the Ministers of Labor of the Americas and discussion of the proposed Declaration and Plan of Action

    D. Closing Session


APPENDICES


APPENDIX I

Declaration of Ottawa and Plan of Action

Resolutions Adopted:

Declaration of Support for the Peace Process in Colombia

Statement by the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor Against International Terrorism

Information System on Labor Markets (SISMEL)

APPENDIX II

List of Participants

APPENDIX III

Agenda and Calendar

APPENDIX IV

Report of the Committee on Credentials

APPENDIX V

Address by Mr. Ricardo Solari Saavedra, Minister of Labor and Social Security of Chile and Chairman Pro Tempore of the XI ACML

Remarks by the Honorable Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister Of Canada

Welcome Remarks by the Honorable Claudette Bradshaw, Minister of Labor of Canada and Chair of the XII ACML

APPENDIX VI

PRESENTATIONS BY THE MINISTERS:

Remarks by Austin M. Josiah, Labor Commissioner of Antigua and Barbuda


Speech of the Argentine Delegation


Speech by the Minister of Labor of Barbados, Rawle Eastmond


Presentation by the Minister of Labor of Bolivia, Dr. Jorge Pacheco Franco


Presentation by the Honorable Claudette Bradshaw, Minister of Labor of Canada on the occasion of the XII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor


Remarks by Mr. Ricardo Solari Saavedra, Minister of Labor And Social Welfare of Chile


Statement by Mr. Angelino Garzón, Minister of Labor of Colombia


Proyecto de Difusión de los Derechos Laborales de las Mujeres, presentación del Viceministro de Costa Rica


Remarks by Matthew George, of the Ministry of Legal Affairs and International Trade of Dominica


Discurso Pronunciado por el Doctor Milton Ray Guevara, Secretario de Estado de Trabajo de la República Dominicana


Intervención del Señor Ministro de Trabajo y Recursos Humanos del Ecuador, Ab. Martin Insua Chang


Palabras de Jorge Isidoro Nieto Menéndez, Ministro de Trabajo y Previsión Social de El Salvador


Discurso de Juan Francisco Alfaro Mijangos, Ministro de Trabajo y Previsión Social de Guatemala


Remarks by Senator the Honorable Lawrence A. Joseph, Minister of Labor and Local Government of Grenada Update on Industrial Relations Legislation In Grenada


Remarks by the Minister of Labor And Social Affairs of Haiti, Eudes St. Preux Craan


The Trend In the Labor Market, Presented by the Ministry of Labor of Honduras, José María Reina Vallecillo


Remarks by Horace W. Dalley, Minister of Labor and Social Security of Jamaica


Address by the Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare of Mexico, Carlos Abascal


Palabras de Manuel Martínez S., Ministro de Trabajo de Nicaragua


Palabras de Juan Estebán Aguirre, Embajador del Paraguay


La Nueva Política Laboral en el Perú, Fernando Villarán Ministerio del Trabajo y Promoción Social del Perú


Remarks by the Honorable Velon John, Minister of Legal Affairs, Home Affairs, and Labor of Saint Lucia


Efficient Ways to Assist the Unemployement, presented by Edwin Snagg, Minister of Labor, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines


Remarks by Rupert Herbert, Minister of Social Development, Community Affairs and Gender of St. Kitts and Nevis


Speech of the Minister of Labor, Technological Development and Environment of Suriname, Clifford Marica


Remarks by the High Commissioner of Trinidad and Tobago to Canada, Robert Sabga


Prepared Remarks by United States Deputy Secretary of Labor, D. Cameron Findlay


Address by the Acting Minister of Labor and Social Security of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, Mr. Juan Bosch: “Globalization and its Impact on Labor Markets”


Presentation of the Venezuelan Labor Minister, Mrs. Blancanieve Portocarrero: The General Outlook for Productive Employment and Job Policies

APPENDIX VII

Address by César Gaviria, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS)

Address Delivered by the Director of the International Labor Organization (OIT), Mr. Juan Somavia


APPENDIX VIII

Report of the President of COSATE, Hassan Yussuff

Report of the President of CEATAL, Daniel Funes de Rioja

Address by Minister of Labor from Canada, the Honorable Claudette Bradshaw, on the Occasion of the Closing Session


APPENDIX IX

Minutes of the Meeting – Permanent Technical Committee on Labor Matters (COTPAL)

APPENDIX: Suggestions from the Central American Countries, Panama, Belize, and the Dominican Republic for the agendas of the Working Groups established by the Plan of Action of Ottawa

Draft Agenda for the Meeting of the Permanent Technical Committee on Labor Matters (COTPAL)


APPENDIX X

Minutes of the Meeting – Permanent Executive Committee of the Trade Union Technical Advisory Council (COSATE)

Draft Agenda for the Meeting of the Permanent Executive Committee of the Trade Union Technical Advisory Council (COSATE)

Presentation to the Ministers of Labor by the Permanent Executive Committeee of the Trade Union Council for Technical Assistance


APPENDIX XI

Minutes of the Meeting – Permanent Executive Committee of the Business Technical Advisory Committee on Labor Matters (CEATAL)

Appendix: Declaration of CEATAL and COSATE on the Social and Labor Dimensions of Regional Integration

Draft Agenda for the Meeting of the Permanent Executive Committee of the Business Technical Advisory Committee on Labor Matters (CEATAL)


APPENDIX XII
List of Documents