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Article

10 Jun 2009

Author:
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility

Investors Urge End to Forced Child Labor in the Uzbekistan Cotton Sector

As the annual International Labor Organization (ILO) conference convenes in Geneva, leading faith-based and responsible investors in the U.S. and Europe are calling on the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) to commit publicly to end forced child labor in its cotton fields. In addition to supporting the complaint filed by the International Organization of Employers on the issue, over sixty investors have sent a letter to ILO Director General Juan Somavia expressing their determination to help solve the problem and outlining steps that should be taken by the GOU in conjunction with the ILO…