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20 Oct 2001

Author:
Business Recorder [Pakistan]

International body to monitor child labour in Sialkot soon [Pakistan]

An international monitoring body for child labour will be established shortly in Sialkot, sources here said on Friday. Talking to APP, sources said that in furtherance of Atlanta Agreement, the ILO-IPEC had established a system with the co-operation of Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) for achieving the ultimate goal to eliminate child labour from soccer ball industry. The ILO-IPEC and its partners would be transferring the existing monitoring system to this body, the sources said, adding the International Labour Organisation (ILO) had been monitoring this system since December, 1997 under Atlanta Agreement.