Delegations stage walkout during Israeli delegate ILO conf. speech

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
6 Jun 2024 17:35
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Several representatives of countries stage a walkout at the start of the speech of the Israeli delegate during the International Labour Conference.

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Lebanon's Caretaker Labor Minister Moustafa Bayram during his speech at the 112th session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday, June 6, 2024. (Social media)

Several representatives and delegations walked out of the ILO Conference today Thursday the moment the Israeli delegate started his speech.

The withdrawal of some representatives of countries at the start of the speech of the Israeli occupation's delegate during the International Labour Conference is "a democratic expression and a message to the occupation rejecting its aggression against the Gaza Strip," Lebanon's Caretaker Labor Minister Moustafa Bayram told Al Mayadeen following the walkout.

Bayram, along with his accompanying delegation and representatives from several other countries, staged a walkout from the 112th session of the International Labour Conference held in Geneva in solidarity with Palestine and in support of Gaza.

#Lebanon's caretaker Minister of Labor Moustafa Bayram and his accompanying delegation walked out when the Israeli representative began speaking at the 112th session of the International Labour Conference in #Geneva. In a show of solidarity, delegations from dozens of other… https://t.co/k2BI08dhl1
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) June 6, 2024

The Lebanese Minister noted that the move was not pre-coordinated but rather initiated spontaneously by these countries.

He told Al Mayadeen that the Lebanese delegation depicted the reality of the Israeli aggression targeting southern Lebanon and the losses consequently incurred by the people of the South.

The diplomat pointed out that the report on Palestinian workers provides a clear picture of their suffering as a result of the restrictions and practices imposed on them by the Israeli occupation.

It is worth mentioning that the Israeli occupation forces detained 5,100 Palestinian workers in 2023 from the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank. The workers were detained from their workplaces in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories, accommodation centers in the West Bank, or while attempting to return to the Gaza Strip.