Ambassador Mitchell’s Remarks at the Myanmar Labor Initiative’s First Stakeholder Forum

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It is a pleasure to be here with you all this afternoon. Appreciate the opportunity.  First, I have a whole host of thank you’s to all of you here.  On behalf of the Myanmar Labor Initiative partners – the Governments of Myanmar, the United States, Japan, and Denmark, the International Labor Organization, and most recently, the European Union—I would like to thank you all for taking part in the Stakeholders Forum over the past day and a half.  Many of you, particularly our international participants, have traveled quite far to be with us today. We truly appreciate your commitment to this initiative to help improve worker conditions of this country, and the wealth of experience you have brought to the forum.  Read More