Syria cooperates with the ILO to end child labor

Syria's Minister of Labor and Social Affaires Diala Hajj Aref on Thursday in Damascus discussed with the Regional Director of the Arab states at the International Labor Organization ( ILO) Taleb Rifai the protocol of technical cooperation signed between the two sides.

The meeting dealt with international labor criteria, revision of the labor market and programs relevant to create new job opportunities and fight poverty. It also touched upon issues like social protection programs and programs to boost dialogue among the production parties to discuss social and economic policies.

Combating child labor in Syria was one of the main topics raised in the talks between the two officials in which they agreed that the ILO ought to make a comprehensive study that would be adopted by the Ministry of Labor in Syria to draw a strategy that ends child labor.