Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today said that his government is attaching the highest importance in protecting workers’ rights, ensuring a safe working environment, and implementing international labour standards.
The Prime Minister said this when International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo paid a courtesy call on him at his office in the Bangladesh Secretariat here this morning, said PM’s Assistant Press Secretary Gazi Shahriar Pamir.
At the outset of the meeting, he said, the ILO director general congratulated Tarique Rahman on assuming office as the head of the government.
Houngbo said that international confidence in Bangladesh had been further strengthened following the assumption of office by a government elected through the direct votes of the people.
In this context, the ILO director general said the ILO is interested in further strengthening its long-standing partnership with Bangladesh and will continue to work closely with the government for the development of the labour sector.
In response, the Prime Minister thanked the ILO for its continued cooperation and said that his government is attaching the highest importance to protecting workers’ rights, ensuring a safe working environment, and implementing international labour standards.
The ILO director general also congratulated the Prime Minister on the election of Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman as President of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
He described the achievement as an important recognition of Bangladesh’s diplomatic capability and credibility in the international arena.
Houngbo also highly praised the present government for achieving other diplomatic successes at the international level within a short period.
