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Article: Global economic progress hinges on human rights improvements, labor secretary McLaughlin asserts. (Ann McLauglin)
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- June 15, 1988
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GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROGRESS HINGES ON HUMAN RIGHTS
IMPROVEMENTS, LABOR SECRETARY MCLAUGHLIN ASSERTS
GENEVA, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Secretary of Labor Ann McLaughlin today asserted here that a "flagrant disregard" for human rights "continues to exist in many parts of the world."
Addressing the 1988 International Labor Conference, attended by 1,900 worker, employer and government delegates from 141 nations, McLaughlin said:
"The record of the United States government in the field of multilateral human rights is clear -- and supportive. We have worked to expand human rights activities and initiatives within the system of ...