The delegation of the Confederation participates in the ILO session
The 112th session of the International Labor Conference is being held in Geneva (Switzerland) with the participation of government representatives and social partners of the member countries of the International Labor Organization (ILO).
As every year, Azerbaijan is represented at the International Labor Conference by a tripartite delegation consisting of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation and Azerbaijan Entrepreneurs (Employers) Confederation.
The Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population Mr. Sahil Babayev and the President of the Azerbaijan Entrepreneurs Confederation Mr. Mammad Musayev spoke at the session of the conference held on June 5.
The president of the confederation said that wars, climate changes, migration, migration problems, social inequality, millions of people living below the poverty level, lack of access to sufficient food and other such issues are not the problems of only one country and one region. Every country, society, organization and individual should understand their responsibility and contribute to overcoming these difficulties.
“Unfortunately, we do not always observe this approach. Sometimes discrimination, double standards prevent taking joint steps towards solving problems. As Azerbaijan, unfortunately, we have suffered from this in our modern history. According to international law, the world, at least a part of it, has turned a blind eye to the fact that the sovereign territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan were under occupation for nearly 30 years. Only the state and people of Azerbaijan did not give up their struggle, ended the occupation by their own power, liberated their lands and restored justice,” M. Musayev emphasized.
According to him, during the occupation of our lands, more than one million people were condemned to the life of forced migrants, lived in poverty and misery, and billions of dollars of damage was caused to the economy of Azerbaijan and its infrastructure. As a result of two wars, thousands of Azerbaijani youths were martyred.
“All this was related to the non-application of the Social Contract – international interstate law, which was mentioned by the General Director in his report. Azerbaijanis suffering from such negative situations have not lost their faith in law, justice, equality and solidarity,” said the head of the Confederation.
He said that dialogue and cooperation are the most effective mechanisms for solving global problems. In addition, inviting the Conference participants to the COP29 event to be held in our country this year, he emphasized that an agreement has already been reached with the International Employers’ Organization regarding joint and active participation in the COP29.
In order to represent the private sector employers of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan Entrepreneurs Confederation participates in the International Labor Conference with a delegation consisting of the president of the Confederation, Mammad Musayev, its vice-presidents, Jala Hajiyeva and Vugar Abbasov, and the officials of the Directorate, Khagan Hummatzadeh and Adil Gurbanov.
