ILO lifts Egypt's name from short-term blacklist

The International Labour Organization (ILO) lifted Egypt's name from the blacklist of countries violating the rights and freedoms of laborers, upon promises by the Egyptian government to pass a law on the right of laborers to form unions after a House of Representatives is elected.

The organization blacklisted other 25 countries for violating the rights of laborers.

Secretary General of the Egyptian Trade Union Federation and a member of the ILO's standards's committee in Egypt, who currently heads a delegation representing Egypt at the ILO's conference held in Geneva, Mohamed Wahballah said the Egyptian delegation held several meetings with officials of the organization, most recently with the Chairman of the Standards' Committee.

The Egyptian delegation includes representatives of the Ministry of Manpower and Immigration, the Egyptian Trade Union Federation, and the union of the chamber of commerce, according to Wahballah.

Wahballah added in a press statement Friday that the Egyptian delegation stressed during these meetings that the Egyptian Trade Union Federation in Egypt believes in the freedom of forming trade unions and does not oppose their formation within enterprises, which provides an opportunity for trade union pluralism.