International Labour Conference: Human at the Center of Technological Progress Main News
On June 1, the 114th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) began its work in Geneva.
Delegations fr om 187 ILO member states gathered in Switzerland to participate in the event. The conference includes the heads of GCTU member organizations including national trade union centers of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Russia.
The three venues of the Geneva International Conference Centre, the Palais des Nations, and the ILO headquarters gathered delegates discussing issues critical to the global community: decent work in the platform economy, respect for rights, ensuring equality and inclusion, and, in a broader sense, social justice in the context of the spread of artificial intelligence (AI).
On the first day of the 114th ILC session, ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo presented the report "A Moment of Choice: Using Artificial Intelligence for Decent Work." The study focuses on AI, which enhances productivity, opens up prospects for workers and businesses, but also raises concerns that its implementation could make work an exception rather than the rule.
"Technological progress is not an insurmountable force. Political decisions, institutions, and governance matter. By uniting governments, employers, and workers, we can promote a human-centered approach to artificial intelligence, wh ere people remain at the heart of the era of technological progress," Gilbert Houngbo believes.
The report is published on the organization's website and will be discussed during plenary sessions. One of the speakers will be Margarita Usova, Deputy General Secretary of the GCTU.
The 114th session of the International Labour Conference will conclude on June 12. Earlier, the GCTU delegation presented the position of the CIS countries' trade unions at the V Eurasian Economic Forum in Astana. The theme of the forum was also artificial intelligence and the place of the EAEU in the global digital race.
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"My sincere congratulations! I am glad that your work has been duly recognised by the country's leadership," Vladimir Putin said as he presented the award to Viktor Pinsky.
The ceremony took place today in the St George's Hall of the Kremlin in Moscow.
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