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UAE vows to provide decent jobs for all

Speaking at the 46^th Session of the Commission for Social Development and the 24^th Special Session of the General Assembly, UAE’s Minister of Social Affairs Mariam Al Roumi, underscored that “the challenge we now face is how to fulfil this commitment, which is essential for stabilising the society, securing the future of next generations and achieving sustainable development.”

She noted that Article 20 of the UAE Constitution emphasises the right to work and considers it to be the cornerstone of society’s development. It also affirms the society’s responsibility for ensuring employment opportunities and protecting the rights of all parties involved.

Mariam added that the government, therefore, had given a high priority to the development of the human beings in its national development plans and, for that purpose, it had adopted and implemented advanced policies and legislations in order to address the requirements of full employment for its citizens and to protect the rights of temporary employment.

She said the UAE Government had also developed economic and social policies that go hand-in-hand with its efforts towards promoting decent work, which included the elimination of all forms of discrimination, the safeguarding of equal opportunities and rights to all, the continuing provision of new jobs and the strengthening of social care programmes.

Mariam added that the UAE had also ratified the international conventions concerning the working hours, the compulsory work, the night work shifts for women, the equality of remuneration, the abolition of forced and compulsory labour, the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation, the minimum work age and the worst forms of child labour.

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