Mr. Viwat Tanghong, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labor, presided over the opening of the trilateral workshop on ILO Convention No. 188 and the Draft Fisheries Labor Act … by the cooperation between the Ministry of Labor and the International Labor Organization Under the Ship to Shore Rights program at the Princess Park Suites Hotel, Bangkok, said the current issue of trade was not viewed only by exporters or manufacturers but looking to the production line, Production process Acquisition of raw materials, including labor in the production line. Are there forced labor trafficking and the violation of labor rights? These things must be eliminated. In Thailand, especially in terms of fisheries, which are major exporters, followed by Norway, China and Vietnam, both raw and processed.
In case of errors or defects in the production, processing or acquisition of raw materials. The impact will occur on the products exported to countries. The International Labor Organization (ILO) has adopted the ILO Convention No. 188 on Fisheries in 2007. The Ministry of Labor has been working on this Convention for about two years, in cooperation with the International Labor Organization. The law is relevant. The provisions of the law are to be amended and affect the operator if you still stand with what is there without looking at the changing world including external trade. If the impact on the trade of the country, it should be adjusted to be able to export and sell goods. And the change of operators is another important factor that needs to be discussed as well.
So today it is going to be a broad consultation to acknowledge the opinions of the relevant government agencies and entrepreneurs to allow the working group to consider the drafting of the law or to amend the existing legislation, it is necessary to adhere to ILO Convention 188 and lead to the development of a country that is not deprived of trade in the world market and can stand with the export goods for sale abroad to the economy of the country and entrepreneurs in the fisheries sector, he said in the end.
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