Al-Dosari said on the sidelines of the third day of the conference held in Istanbul that the Kuwaiti proposals in this regard were "unprecedented", adding that the Gulf states have followed the lead of Kuwait in the application of the law on preventing work at noon times.
He said the prevention of outdoor work in the afternoon in the summer season is an important step that is in the interest of protecting workers and promoting the concept of occupational health and safety during the work, referring to the commitment of employers in Kuwait to the decision of the prohibition pursuant to the principle of protection.
He said there were some minor violations of this decision, which was applied with the entry of the Labor Law No. 6 of 2010 into force, stressing that employers who violated the decision had been prosecuted. He stressed that the Ministry of Affairs is keen to collaborate with business owners to apply the standards for occupational health and safety in the workplace.
He also stressed that Kuwait’s record in this area is distinctive in the region and has considerable experience in the field of labor protection laws and legislation governing the employment sector, referring to the role of the inspection teams of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, which monitor the implementation of the decision at the workplace.
Al-Dosari said that all the countries participating in the Istanbul conference presented papers on their experiences and that Kuwait had submitted a working paper on its experience in the regulation of the labor and protection of employment and places of work, especially the establishment of work inspectorates.
He praised the debates that took place during the sessions of the conference, saying it provided an opportunity for the delegation of Kuwait to become acquainted with the experiences of other countries in the field of occupational health and safety, saying that the presence of such forums provide the opportunity to benefit from the experiences of others.
Qatar ‘to continue humanitarian mission in Horn of Africa’
Gulf Times: Qatar has underlined that it will continue its humanitarian mission in the Horn of Africa within the framework of the airlift from Doha at the outset of the drought crisis at the directives of HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani , reports QNA.
The pledge came in a speech given by Qatar’s permanent delegate in Geneva Abdullah Falah Abdullah al-Dousari during the 18th session of the Human Rights Council, now in progress in the Swiss capital, Geneva . The “dire” emergency in the Horn of Africa is both the product of the devastating natural phenomena, and the failure of governments — individually and collectively — to meet their preventive and remedial human rights obligations, al-Dousari said.
“The spiralling effects of the crisis are now engulfing the Horn of Africa where as many as 750,000 lives may be at risk. The refusal of the right to food undermines the right to health, thus putting risk to all human rights, that is, the right to life.”
