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OPA News Release: [07/12/2002]
Contact Name: Bob
Zachariasiewicz
Phone Number: 202-693-4686
Labor Department Issues Report on Child Labor in Trade Beneficiary
Countries
Report Required by Trade and Development Act
WASHINGTON – The Labor Department today released the first annual
report on the worst forms of child labor in 143 trade beneficiary countries and
territories as required under the Trade and Development Act of 2000. The
department’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs conducted the research
and prepared the report.
“This report provides information useful in understanding the
phenomenon of child labor around the world. Such understanding is critical in
developing policies and programs to address this issue. Awareness raising
through research is essential to the global effort to eliminate abusive and
exploitative child labor,” said Tom Moorhead, deputy under secretary for
international affairs.
The Department of Labor’s 2001 Findings on the Worst Forms of
Child Labor was prepared in response to a new child labor reporting
requirement under the Trade and Development Act of 2000. Under this act, trade
beneficiary countries and territories are required to implement their
international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. The
report presents information on the nature and extent of the problem in each of
these 143 countries and territories and the efforts being made by their
governments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor.
The bureau’s International Child Labor Program collected data from
a wide variety of sources, including the State Department, U.S. embassies and
consulates, foreign governments, nongovernmental organizations and
international agencies. In addition, bureau staff conducted field visits to
many of the countries covered in the report.
A limited number of printed copies of the report are available from the
International Child Labor Program, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S-5307, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.
20210. Telephone: (202) 693-4843; Fax (202) 693-4830; E-mail:
GlobalKids@dol.gov. Also, the report
will be available by July 15 on the Internet at
http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/reports/iclp/pubs_reports_ilab_iclp.htm.
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