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ILO says Burmese response to forced labour questions : disappointing
The International Labour Organisation says it is disappointed with teh Burmese government's response to recommendations that it abolish forced labour.
In an unprecedented move last November, the ILO called on its members to review their ties with Burma and take steps to ensure their ties did not help continue or extend forced labour.
The ILO asked recently to visit Myanmar to give an objective evaluation of the regime's efforts to counter the problem.
However, teh United States says the presence in Rangoon of teh I-L-O would be "useless" because of concealment by the Burmese authorities.
The I-L-O says it received a letter from Myanmar's minister of labour, General Tin Ngwe, last month which said Burma would continue to take measures to ensure forced labour was illegal.
29/03/01 8:01:52 | ABC Radio Australia News
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