For the first time in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), representatives from employer groups, governments, and international trade unions and civil society groups met in Dubai…to discuss the role of each sector in ensuring corporate social responsibility in labour management in the construction industry throughout the Gulf region…Ambet Yuson [Building and Wood Workers' International's Asia Pacific Regional Representative] recognized the positive steps that GCC countries have taken towards addressing the key points of ILO conventions 87 and 98; however…he urged countries in the Gulf region to ratify the ILO conventions and at the very least implement national legislation in line with international standards so that the right of workers both native and migrant workers are equally protected.