ILO'S INTERNATIONAL LABOR CONFERENCE

UNCLAS QUITO 001243

SIPDIS

IO/T FOR DRISCOLL, IO/S FOR JOHNSTON, GENEVA FOR CHAMBERLIN
AND KRUGLIKOVA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU EC ILO
SUBJECT: ILO'S INTERNATIONAL LABOR CONFERENCE

REF: A. SECSTATE 94764


B. SECSTATE 94818


1. (U) LabOff delivered reftel points to MFA Director of
Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations Benjamin
Villacis, and to Veronica Mora and Fernando Altamirano of the
same office. Altamirano said that demarche points on the ILO
proposed budget had already been delivered to Ecuador's
entire delegation to the ILO conference. The delegation is
headed by Minister of Labor Galo Chiriboga and includes the
MOL's Solimar Herrera, Deputy Andres Paez (head of Congress'
Labor Commission),union leaders (Jaime Arciniegas, Mesias
Tatamuez, Santiago Yagual, and Fernando Ibarra),and business
leaders (Dr. Diaz Garaicoa and others).


2. (SBU) On Cuba's candidacy to be a non-permanent member of
the ILO Governing Body, Altamirano said GRULAC members were
leaning towards supporting Barbados instead. The GOE would
also encourage GRULAC to settle on one candidate.


3. (U) The Minister of Labor and union leaders have a
planned 15-minute meeting with ILO Director General Juan
Somavia in Geneva during the week of June 6 to discuss
weaknesses in labor rights in Ecuador, according to the
AFL-CIO Solidarity Center here.
Kenney