The 85th session of the Arab Labour Organisation (ALO), which began its meetings in Doha yesterday, has elected HE the Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs Dr Issa Saad al-Jafali al-Nuaimi, as chairman of the ALO board of directors.
Sheikh Osman Mustafa, who is a board member, has been elected as vice-chairman representing employers, and Jebali Maraghi, the president of Egypt’s federation of labour unions, as vice-chairman representing labourers.
The meeting’s participants extended their condolences to Qatar on the death of HH the Grandfather Emir Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani.
The 85th session is to discuss several important issues, including the rising unemployment in the Arab world and the proposed solutions, finding mechanisms to support micro and small and medium-sized enterprises, promoting the contribution of the private sector in supporting the work of the ALO, in addition to reviewing a report on the situation of labourers and the people of Palestine in the occupied Arab territories, among others.
In his opening speech, HE the Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs Dr Issa Saad al-Jafali al-Nuaimi, the ALO Chairman, appreciated the precious trust given to him by members of the ALO board and valued their role and efforts in the organisation’s development and its national role at the Arab and international levels.
He pointed out that the meeting is taking place under extremely complicated circumstances, where unemployment rates continued to rise steadily in most Arab countries.
He stressed the need to provide the private sector with a conducive working environment to ensure that it becomes an active partner in achieving the desired balanced development, underling the importance of activating the role of entrepreneurship and small and medium enterprises and improving vocational training.
He also reiterated the ALO’s full support for the Palestinian people in the face of the inhumane practices of Israel, pointing out that the meeting will discuss this important issue.