Mumbai, January 17: The head of the United Nations labour agency says it has good relations with Saudi Arabia during an ongoing investigation of alleged rights abuses by the 2034 World Cup host, and aims to send more expert staff to Riyadh. International Labour Organisation director general Gilbert Houngbo spoke of 슬롯사이트very constructive슬롯사이트 bilateral relations with Saudi Arabia on Thursday at a briefing ahead of attending the annual gathering of world leaders next week in Davos, Switzerland. Saudi Arabia슬롯사이트s Plans To Host FIFA Men슬롯사이트s World Cup 2034 Will Be Harmful for Climate, Experts Say.

Houngbo also said he shared outgoing US President Joe Biden's concerns about the growing influence of a 슬롯사이트tech-industrial complex슬롯사이트, expressed on Wednesday in a farewell address from the White House. Houngbo addressed a range of issues in a briefing with reporters to launch the agency's annual analysis of global employment trends.

The ILO is investigating a formal complaint by an international trade union, which Houngbo confirmed is active, accusing Saudi Arabia of mistreatment within the 슬롯사이트kafala슬롯사이트 employment system of migrant workers needed for the kingdom's construction boom.

It was filed last year as FIFA steered the 2034 edition of its marquee men's soccer tournament toward the oil-rich kingdom. Days before the Saudi win was confirmed in December, Human Rights Watch urged FIFA to insist on binding commitments to protect migrant workers there who mostly come from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Yemen.

No assurances were publicly given nor commitments to let civil society groups monitor World Cup projects on the ground, though Saudi bid documents sent to FIFA last year did offer to work with just one international body 슬롯사이트 the ILO.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천FIFPRO Against FIFA슬롯사이트s Temporary Changes To Transfer Rules Following Landmark Lassana Diarra Judgement.

슬롯사이트The (Saudi) authorities have told me that they really want to work with ILO," Houngbo, the former prime minister of Togo, said on Thursday. "If there is an understanding on both parties that there is some deficit (in labour conditions) then they are ready to work and correct them.슬롯사이트

Saudi Arabia plans to build and renovate 15 stadiums in five cities for the 48-team, 104-game soccer tournament. Eight stadiums 슬롯사이트 as many as neighbouring Qatar used in total for the 2022 World Cup 슬롯사이트 must be built from scratch. Some are extravagantly innovative.

Rights activists and trades unions fear FIFA and Saudi Arabia are not building in safeguards to avoid a repeat of the challenges faced during more than a decade of World Cup preparations in Qatar, including at least hundreds of deaths of migrant workers. The ILO did work with Qatar, and opened an office in Doha, to help reform its 슬롯사이트kafala슬롯사이트 laws.

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Houngbo said he will visit Riyadh for the Jan. 29-30 Global Labour Market Conference. Neymar Jr Makes Massive Announcement, Reveals FIFA World Cup 2026 To Be His Last; Brazil Football Star Says He 'Will Do Everything' To Feature in the Tournament.

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Declining to comment on individuals, Houngbo said it was 슬롯사이트not the point슬롯사이트 to suggest any specific country or businessman was good or bad.

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Global Labour Market Figures

The global unemployment rate was steady at 5 per cent in 2024 though increased slightly among young people to 12.6 per cent, the ILO report said.

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The ILO estimated the global jobs gap rose to 402 million people who want to work but do not have a job. The total of people in the informal economy rose 10 per cent to a 슬롯사이트stubbornly high슬롯사이트 total of 2.2 billion, Houngbo said.

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Extreme forms of working poverty affected 240 million people, or 7 per cent of the global workforce, the ILO report said.

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