By Spokesman Newsroom
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (Thursday 1st June 2023)- Information from the police Public Relations Office indicates that ‘multi-organ’ failure led to the death of wellknown public figure and educator 69-year-old Mr. Oswald Elliott who recently passed away at his Nevis Street home on St.
Kitts. As informed, the autopsy was done on Friday 26th May 2023. Police say on the morning 3 of May 23rd, 2023, Mr. Elliott was found in his home and unresponsive. Reportedly, he was pronounced deceased at the scene.
agencies in the tripartite agency; from the St. Kitts-Nevis Trades and Labour Union and from the Chamber of Commerce as well, signaling their intention to work with us to eradicate child labour.” Asked about future engagements being planned in relation to the government’s discussion about a National Development Plan as it relates to the labour force, she highlighted: “Going forward, we’re going to be sitting down and having some chats with our partners in terms of the National Development Plan and how we intend to work together to just transition into a sustainable island state.
Ultimately, that is where we want to be between 2027 and 2030, five-year plan.” Henderson continued: “So, we are going to be sitting down and having some discussions on how we do our assessments of the labour force, who we should be training, and what skills we foresee that would be needed. We’re going to be moving into AI (Artificial Intelligence) and a lot of sustainable initiatives in tourism and agriculture.
And of course, moving forward, we’re going to need the correct skills for that. And so, we’re going to be sitting down together in a retreat, hopefully, and seeing how we can have a just transition into a sustainable island state as it relates to our labour force.” General Information on WDACL sourced online from ilo.org shares the following details: “Hundreds of millions of girls and boys throughout the world are engaged in work that deprives them of adequate education, health, leisure and basic freedoms, violating their rights.
Of these children, more than half are exposed to the worst forms of child labour such as work in hazardous environments, slavery, or other forms of forced labour, illicit activities such as drug trafficking and prostitution, as well as involvement in armed conflict. “The International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the first World Day Against Child Labour in 2002 as a way to highlight the plight of these children.
The day, which is observed on June 12th, is intended to serve as a catalyst for the growing worldwide movement against child labour, reflected in the huge number of ratifications of ILO Convention No. 182 on the worst forms of child labour and ILO Convention No. 138 on the minimum age for employment. “The World Day Against Child Labour provides and opportunity to gain further support of individual governments and that of the ILO social partners, civil society and others, including schools, youth and women’s groups as well as the media, in the campaign against child labour.” Front Banner Photo: Minister of Labour Marsha Henderson (center) and representative members of the National Tripartite Committee General Secretary of the St.
Kitts-Nevis Trades and Labour Union (SKNT&LU) Precious Mills (left) and President of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Michael Davis hold a document having affixing their signatures to the document in demonstration of St. Kitts and Nevis’ supportive stance against child labour following a short ceremony held on Thursday 1st June 2023.
