The ITF has continued its cooperation with the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a high-level meeting in Dubai.
ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton, president Paddy Crumlin and Arab World regional secretary Bilal Malkawi met with Omar Bin Ghaleb of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority and Dr. Abdullah Belheif Al Nuaimi, minister of infrastructure development and chair of the Federal Transport Authority (FTA): Land & Maritime.
Among other things, the delegation reviewed the success of cooperation to help seafarers abandoned in UAE waters, discussed areas for future work and assessed the ITF-UAE memorandum of understanding (MOU).
During the visit, the ITF delegation also visited DP World; one of the world’s major port operators.
ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton spoke about the visit: “When we signed the MOU with the UAE FTA we said this was only the beginning; there would be further cooperation that would show real results for transport workers. We are already seeing how seafarers are benefiting from this agreement, and now we are taking the first steps to expanding this work to other sectors and more workers.”
UAE and ITF to work together to solve abandonment cases
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