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ILO mission leaves Myanmar after 6-



ILO mission leaves Myanmar after 6-day visit

Kyodo, Rangoon, 26 October 2000. A five-member International
Labor Organization (ILO) mission led by Francis Maupain, special
adviser to the ILO director general, left Myanmar late Thursday
after a six-day fact-finding mission.

The group met with Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt, secretary of Myanmar's
ruling junta, before departing Yangon, official sources said.

The mission had series of meetings with the directors general
of several departments, including the labor, home, foreign and
judicial departments, since arriving in Myanmar last Friday.

The group also met Foreign Minister Win Aung earlier Thursday.

The ILO mission was in the country to study Myanmar's compliance
with ILO recommendations on forced labor.

Both junta officials and mission members refused to discuss details
of the talks, with a mission member saying they cannot comment
before they report their findings to the ILO chief.

If the findings are negative, the ILO may adopt measures, including
recommending that ILO-member governments, employers and workers,
review their relations with Myanmar and take measures to ensure their
relations do not perpetuate forced labor in the country.