Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KATHMANDU966
2006-04-13 12:23:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kathmandu
Cable title:
MINISTRY OF LABOR HOLDS FIRST EXHIBITION ON
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UNCLAS KATHMANDU 000966
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/INS, G/TIP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ELAB SMIG NP
SUBJECT: MINISTRY OF LABOR HOLDS FIRST EXHIBITION ON
FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT
MINISTRY OF LABOR HOLDS FIRST EVER EXHIBITION ON FOREIGN
EMPLOYMENT
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UNCLAS KATHMANDU 000966
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/INS, G/TIP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ELAB SMIG NP
SUBJECT: MINISTRY OF LABOR HOLDS FIRST EXHIBITION ON
FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT
MINISTRY OF LABOR HOLDS FIRST EVER EXHIBITION ON FOREIGN
EMPLOYMENT
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1. (SBU) On April 5, the Ministry of Labor and Transport
Management (MLTM) organized and funded its first ever one-day
exhibition on foreign employment at Kathmandu's convention
center. MLTM spokesperson Dhruba Sharma, said the purpose
for organizing the exhibition was to acquaint overseas job
seekers with accurate information about foreign employment
and the services available to assist them in order to prevent
Nepalis from being misled by foreign employment agencies, and
possibly being trafficked. MLTM also provided adequate
information on its pre-employment process, which is required
to be followed by all persons wishing to work abroad. The
exhibition had 16 stalls, including manpower agencies,
foreign employment training centers, health clinics, and
money transfer agencies. State Minister for MLTM Rabindra
Khanal, in his inaugural address to open the exhibition, said
the government was always willing to work with all
stakeholders in the foreign employment sector to "establish
it as a respectable profession."
109 FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES ON LABOR DEPARTMENT BLACKLIST
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2. (SBU) According to news reports, Dhruba Sharma said that
the exhibition supplied information about manpower agencies
blacklisted by MLTM. Director of the MLTM's Labor
Department, Prajal Sharma, told Emboff that the Labor
Department had investigated each of 484 complaints received
against foreign employment agencies from April 15, 2005 to
date. He noted that over the past two years, Labor
Department investigations had resulted in the cancellation of
109 foreign employment agencies' operating licenses and
placement of these agencies on MLTM's blacklist.
COMMENT
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3. (SBU) The foreign employment exhibition is a positive
example of the willingness and initiative of His Majesty's
Government of Nepal (HMGN) to combat trafficking in persons
in the foreign labor sector.
MORIARTY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/INS, G/TIP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ELAB SMIG NP
SUBJECT: MINISTRY OF LABOR HOLDS FIRST EXHIBITION ON
FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT
MINISTRY OF LABOR HOLDS FIRST EVER EXHIBITION ON FOREIGN
EMPLOYMENT
-------------- --------------
1. (SBU) On April 5, the Ministry of Labor and Transport
Management (MLTM) organized and funded its first ever one-day
exhibition on foreign employment at Kathmandu's convention
center. MLTM spokesperson Dhruba Sharma, said the purpose
for organizing the exhibition was to acquaint overseas job
seekers with accurate information about foreign employment
and the services available to assist them in order to prevent
Nepalis from being misled by foreign employment agencies, and
possibly being trafficked. MLTM also provided adequate
information on its pre-employment process, which is required
to be followed by all persons wishing to work abroad. The
exhibition had 16 stalls, including manpower agencies,
foreign employment training centers, health clinics, and
money transfer agencies. State Minister for MLTM Rabindra
Khanal, in his inaugural address to open the exhibition, said
the government was always willing to work with all
stakeholders in the foreign employment sector to "establish
it as a respectable profession."
109 FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES ON LABOR DEPARTMENT BLACKLIST
-------------- --------------
2. (SBU) According to news reports, Dhruba Sharma said that
the exhibition supplied information about manpower agencies
blacklisted by MLTM. Director of the MLTM's Labor
Department, Prajal Sharma, told Emboff that the Labor
Department had investigated each of 484 complaints received
against foreign employment agencies from April 15, 2005 to
date. He noted that over the past two years, Labor
Department investigations had resulted in the cancellation of
109 foreign employment agencies' operating licenses and
placement of these agencies on MLTM's blacklist.
COMMENT
--------------
3. (SBU) The foreign employment exhibition is a positive
example of the willingness and initiative of His Majesty's
Government of Nepal (HMGN) to combat trafficking in persons
in the foreign labor sector.
MORIARTY