Prime Minister Muhammad Al-Sudani confirmed: 'The world is witnessing crises that reflect negatively on the Arab and international peoples.' Al-Sudani said at the Arab Labor Conference: 'Fifty-nine years ago, Baghdad was a witness and a home for writing the birth certificate of the Arab Labor Organization, and I am pleased to anticipate everyone to extend sincere congratulations to the workers of the world on their glorious holiday, on the first of May, wishing them and their union and labor organizations more success, progress and prosperity.' He added: 'From this standpoint, the Arab Labor Conference held in Baghdad bears additional responsibilities other than those that previous conferences were accustomed to discussing and addressing the problems of their traditional labor and production sectors. Prime Minister Muhammad Al-Sudani expressed his praise for the conference's action plan, starting with the report of the Director-General of the Organization, which was distinguished by objectivity and accurac y, stressing the great role played by the Director-General of the Arab Labor Organization, Fayez Al-Mutairi. The Prime Minister said in a speech at the opening of the Arab Labor Conference: 'I personally accompanied the activities of the Arab Labor Organization over a period of four continuous years, during which I participated in its conferences and most of its seminars and discussed its affairs in the meetings of the organization's Board of Directors. My country's government provided great support for the success of its activities, programs and projects through the Ministry of Labor and social affairs, when I was its Minister.' The Prime Minister continued: 'I have derived from my previous experience when I was Minister of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, and my direct supervision of the process of updating the National Employment Policy (2010-2020), the necessity of working to improve the performance of labor market institutions and elements and building a qualitative relationship between educat ional outcomes and labor market needs, attracting women to work as a productive force that cannot be disrupted, reducing child labor, adopting new production methods, addressing the effects of the work patterns used, and raising the level of workers and institutions in creativity, innovation, and cooperation with modern technology.' He pointed out: 'In this regard, the current government has launched many strategies and initiatives that would improve the reality of work and workers, foremost of which is the 'National Strategy to Reduce and Prevent Inequalities in the World of Work, for the Years (2024-2028).' Source: National Iraqi News Agency