A few weeks ago more than 150 organizations around the world have asked the ILO (International Labor Organization) to no longer accept funds from tobacco companies. This Thursday the ILO announced that it would no longer accept funds from tobacco.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHOSES TO NO LONGER ACCEPT TOBACCO MONEY!
The International Labor Organization (ILO) announced on Thursday that it would no longer accept funds from tobacco companies, a move demanded by dozens of organizations around the world to cut the UN's last link with this industry. More than 150 health and tobacco control organizations wrote to members of the UN agency's board of directors, stressing that the ILO risked " tarnishing his reputation and the effectiveness of his work If she did not end her relationship with the tobacco industry, also criticized for employing children.
In a statement issued in Geneva, the headquarters of the ILO, “ the Governing Body decides that the ILO should not accept new funding from the tobacco industry and that public-private partnerships with the tobacco industry will not be extended beyond their due date 'expiry"
The ILO had so far explained its links with tobacco growers, saying it gave it a way to help improve the working conditions of some 60 million people employed in tobacco growing and production. of cigarettes in the world. In particular, the agency received more than $ 15 million from Japan Tobacco International and groups linked to some of the largest tobacco companies for " charitable partnerships To reduce child labor in tobacco fields.
In June, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted a resolution aimed at UN institutions "aimed at preventing interference from the tobacco industry". The ILO is the latest UN agency to give up tobacco money.
Source : Lefigaro.fr/
