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No society or economy could develop unless human capital was the first priority. State, business, international and political organizations must recognize that their fundamental social responsibilities were to their citizens. Otherwise, social issues that had a deep negative impact on economies would flourish, the representative of the Russian Federation, Ekaterina Fotina, said in her address to the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly on October 19.
“That’s why our country pursued and will further pursue a well-balanced policy on the labour market. The focus in the Russian Federation was not only on promoting and creating jobs, but also on increasing professional status, enhancing conditions in the workplace for workers to get new and on-demand jobs and on modernizing the vocational education,” she said.
Fotina said that her Government would host in 2012 an international summit on the practical implementation of the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda.
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