Attending the Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum

Attending the Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum

Posted on 13 June 2019

U Thant Sin Lwin, Acting Director General of the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations is attending  the “Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum”, which was held in Bangkok, Thailand  on 13th  June 2019.

This Forum is co-organized by the Royal Thai Government, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights(AICHR), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations (UN), the International Labour Organization(ILO), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

This Forum will bring together senior government official and private sectors leaders from ASEAN and beyond to discuss an array of priority issues in the responsible and human rights agendas in the region.

.During the forum, U Thant Sin Lwin, Acting Director General participated in panel discussion on “ Promoting Responsible Business and Human Rights in Global Trade and Investment” as a panelist in the morning.  The Forum was attended by over 600 participants.

After that, He also participated as a panelist in panel discussion on “ Impact of FDI on Decent Work and Working Conditions in Myanmar” at the afternoon.