Geneva – Iranian Labor Minister Ahmad Maidari emphasizes the suffering and suffering of workers in the Gaza Strip in the hands of Israeli medical schools.
“Thousands of workers have been killed in the workplace, including at least 280 UN staff, 200 journalists and more than 1,000 healthcare workers,” Maydari told the International Labour Organization (ILO) conference in Geneva.
Below is the text of his speech:
A distinguished chairperson, a respected representative, a woman and gentleman, an honored member of the International Labour Organization, a respected colleague,
I am deeply honored to have dealt with this prominent parliament on behalf of the Iranians and contributed to the ongoing dialogue on how to collectively overcome the challenges facing 21st century workers.
Let’s first look at the reasons behind the establishment of this organization and its sacred purpose.
We know that the International Labour Organization was established in 1919 after World War I, and its basic declaration was drafted in Philadelphia in 1949. The founders of the organization learned important lessons from both World War I and World War II, as expressly stated in the Philadelphia Declaration. At the beginning of this declaration, read:
The experience demonstrated the truth of the International Labour Organization’s constitution, believing it fully demonstrated the truth of the International Labour Organization’s constitution, and that it can only be established if it is based on social justice.
The term “experience” in the above phrase refers to war. The great war of the 20th century began with oppression of minorities and weak countries.
World War I was a war between global forces over the division of the world. Over two centuries, these authority formed alliances to divide and colonize Asia, Africa, and other parts of the world, and either plundered together or through silence, allowing large civilizations such as China and India to decline and colonize.
But this shameful, ominous alliance backfired and transformed the 20th century into the bloodiest century of mankind.
Today, once again, power is silent, allowing the most dishonest brutality to occur against the children and people of Gaza. Despite all the restrictions, I am deeply grateful to the Director of the International Labour Organization and address some of these shameful atrocities in Gaza in a report titled “The Situation of Workers in Occupyed Arab Territories.” I would like to read an excerpt from this report.
In late March 2025, more than 50,000 Palestinians were killed. Approximately 11,000 people have been missing and more than 110,000 have been injured.
Thousands of workers have been killed in the workplace, including at least 280 UN staff, 200 journalists and more than 1,000 healthcare workers. Over 80% of commercial facilities have been damaged, destroying almost all agricultural assets.
Honorary Director, you remain faithful to the pledges you have made to workers, employers and humanity acting in the tradition of the founders of this organization.
Addressing injustice against Gaza is not a marginal issue, but a central focus of the conference.
I repeat: The great war between global forces begins with oppression of minorities and poor countries. If Jews faced injustice before World War I, today they are Muslims who are being oppressed. As we see, the war began in Gaza, but its effects spread across several countries.
For this reason, the conference is not merely about economic growth and labor. This is a conference to build a global alliance for justice. We, the Minister of Labor, together with our partners in our workers and employers’ organizations, know that global justice is the foundation of peace and peace is the foundation of prosperity.
If we gathered here fulfill our heavy responsibility, peace will be established and maintained in the world.
No matter how small, don’t be silent in the face of injustice.
Silence, as the 18th century philosopher Edmund Burke said,
The only thing that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good people do nothing. ”
Nobel Prize winner Ellie Wiesel emphasized the dangers of silence.
“The opposite of love is not hatred, but indifference. The opposite of beauty is not ugh, but indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, but indifference.
Saadi, the great Iranian poet of the 13th century, stated:
“The foundations of world injustice were small at first.
But it was added to it until it reached such a height. ”
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