07/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Social Council on 6 March noted two oral recommendations by Ms Diamantopoulou concerning Burma, which continues to violate the ILO Convention on Forced Labour. Ms Diamantopoulou stressed how important it is for the EU to give a coherent and credible response to the ILO decision with a view to implementing a series of measures against Burma. She called on Member States to ratify the ILO Convention on the worst forms of child labour as soon as possible. "The EU...