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By Nazrin Gadimova

The Council of Foreign Affairs Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has voiced support for Azerbaijan`s proposal to set up the Labour Center of the organization with headquarters in Baku.

The initiative by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev was supported as the Council convened in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah for its 41st Session, AzerTag state news agency reported.

The resolution hails Azerbaijan`s role in strengthening cooperation between the OIC member states in the fields of labour, employment and social security.

It also underlines the significance of the results of the first meeting of the Steering Committee for the Implementation of the Framework Document on Labor, Employment and Social Protection of the OIC held in Baku on June 18.

The Baku meeting of the OIC Steering Committee for the implementation of the framework document for Labor, Employment and Social Protection brought together officials of state agencies from nine members-countries of the committee, including Azerbaijan, Turkey, Indonesia, Guinea, Cameroon, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Libya and Malaysia, as well as representatives of the OIC Secretariat, its subordinate organizations and International Labor Organization (ILO).

A draft action plan prepared for the implementation of a framework document - adopted at the meeting - reflects directions for technical cooperation on safety issues among the OIC member countries for 2014-2016, coordination of organizational works on collection of statistical information on labor markets (2014-2015) and creation of a common information base on migrant workers (2014-2016).

The Plan also envisages cooperation on protection of worker's rights and legislation on the labor market (2014-2015), creation of a center of vocational training and OIC labor market.