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Aung San Suu Kyi to address the ILO’s International Labour Conference

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has announced that Ms Aung San Suu Kyi - Chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar - will attend the 101st International Labour Conference.

News | 22 May 2012
GENEVA (ILO News) - The International Labour Organization (ILO) has announced that Ms Aung San Suu Kyi - Chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar - will attend the 101st International Labour Conference.

Ms Suu Kyi has accepted the invitation of ILO Director-General Juan Somavia to address the plenary of the conference on the morning of 14 June.

The 101st session of the International Labour Conference will be held in Geneva from 30 May to 15 June. It will bring together more than 4,000 government, union and employer delegates from the ILO’s 184 Member States.

For more information on the International Labour Conference, please visit: www.ilo.org/ilc

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