PM may visit Switzerland this month

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to visit Switzerland to attend the "World of Work Summit: Social Justice for All" to be held in Geneva on June 14-15.

The summit is a high-level forum for global voices to address the need for increased, coordinated and coherent action in support of social justice.

It will provide an opportunity to discuss and inform the proposal to forge a Global Coalition for Social Justice, which was welcomed by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office at its 347th Session.

Once finalised, the PM will visit Geneva from June 13 to June 16, a diplomatic source told UNB.

The summit will feature addresses by heads of state and government, UN secretary-general, ILO director-general and  high-level representatives of employers' and workers' organisations.

It will provide a forum for participants to share their vision of, and  priorities for, social justice and to showcase the actions they are  taking and they commit to take to advance social justice.