On the mission of the International Labour Organization to Kazakhstan

Geneva, April 5, 2022 – Mr. Yerlan Alimbayev, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva met with Ms. Corinne Vargha, Director of the Department on Application of Standards of the International Labour Organization.

Both sides discussed the upcoming visit of the ILO mission to Kazakhstan on May 4-12, 2022, during which international experts are going to meet with government agencies and trade unions of the Republic of Kazakhstan to assess the progress made and consider the implementation of the ILO recommendations.

Ms. Corrine Vargha welcomed the positive changes in the labour legislation of our country in order to implement the goals defined in the 2018 ILO Roadmap and the decisions of the International Labour Conference. She also highly appreciated the events of socio-economic significance covered in the State of the Nation Address by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to the People of Kazakhstan “New Kazakhstan: The Path of Renewal and Modernisation”.