The International Labour Organisation (ILO), says it has temporarily suspended technical cooperation assistance to the Russian Federation except for humanitarian assistance over its aggression against Ukraine.
The ILO Governing Body said this in a resolution adopted on Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine at the on-going 334th Session meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
The governing body said that the resolution was adopted with 42 for, two votes against and eight abstentions while four did not participate in the vote.
“Put forward by 47 member states, the 27-paragraph resolution expresses ‘grave concerns at reports of civilian casualties and attacks on civilian facilities.
“The severe impact on workers and employers risking their lives to continue working and operating, including during attacks on hospitals, schools, transportation, businesses and nuclear power plants, further worsened by the lack of humanitarian access, ”it said.
The governing body said it recognised the ‘enormous scale’ of internally displaced persons and refugees forced to flee their homes, workplaces, enterprises, communities and country.
It therefore, declared that ‘the continuing aggression by the Russian Federation, aided by the Belarusian Government, against Ukraine was grossly incompatible with the aims and purposes of the organisation and principles governing ILO membership.
According to governing body, in expressing ‘unwavering support’ for the tripartite constituents in Ukraine – workers, employers and its democratically elected government, the resolution calls on the Russian Federation to ‘immediately and unconditionally cease its aggression.
“Withdraw of troops from Ukraine, end the suffering it is inflicting on the people of Ukraine, as well as refrain from any further unlawful threat or use of force against any Member State and take the path of peaceful resolution consistent with the UN Charter and international law.
“The Governing Body decided that the ILO should temporarily suspend technical cooperation assistance to the Russian Federation except for humanitarian assistance.
“Invitations to the Russian Federation to discretionary meetings of experts, conferences and seminars, whose composition is set by the Governing Body, will be suspended, “it said.
It also asked the ILO to explore options to safeguard technical cooperation or assistance to all other countries of the region covered by the ILO’s Moscow Office.
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The governing body also said this include the possible relocation of its Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia to an area outside of the Russian Federation.
