Abu Suleiman: reconnect with the language of dialogue and reason and defend the historic reconciliation of the mountain

The Minister of Labor, Camille # Abu_Sleiman, sponsored the launch of the Arab Society for Social Security, whose executive board is headed by the director general of the National Social Security Fund, Dr. Mohammad Karaki, a national seminar of three days on the "social protection floor".

"This seminar is a response to the United Nations initiative launched by the United Nations and adopted by relevant international and Arab organizations and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals to establish a social protection floor. as a fundamental set of social guarantees, in cash and in kind, guaranteeing minimum incomes and access to health services for all people in need, especially the unemployed and those working in the labor market. Informal economy. "Investing in social protection leads to social justice and economic development".

Then Minister Abu Sulaiman delivered a speech in which he stopped in front of what Lebanon saw yesterday in the mountains. He lamented "the loss of casualties in the Aley area" and called for "a return to the language of dialogue and reason, the only fruit of good". "We are meeting today at the kind invitation of the Arab Social Security Society to discuss the establishment of social protection, in light of what is said about the" Deal of the Century ", which targets our Arab world and our social security, depriving the Palestinian people of the right of return and seeking resettlement, There is a Lebanese consensus to reject this agreement and settle it, and this is mentioned in the constitution "We are encouraged by the need to accelerate efforts to lay the groundwork for social protection to help countries achieve a minimum income and access to basic health care for their families." all those who need it, especially those who need it. "It is better for us to lay the foundation for social protection, not only as part of the UN's sustainable development plan, but also because it is urgent for our Arab world, C & # 39; What are you doing We are grateful today. "

"We are in Lebanon," he said. For example, we rely on a partnership between the state, NGOs and social welfare institutions, which play an important role in maintaining our social security. We are now trying to mobilize the necessary financial resources to support them in the face of the serious financial crisis that the Lebanese State is currently facing. In the apartment Professionalism in the accomplishment of humanitarian work ".

In terms of health, he said: "We have another model to follow, namely the 220 primary health care centers deployed throughout the Lebanese territory, which we aspire to strengthen, it is a health network and of overall quality. " Regarding poverty, Abu Sulaiman explained that "the project to support the poorest families involves 44,000 families living in extreme poverty, and is the result of a partnership between the Lebanese government and the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of 39, on the one hand, and the World Bank and the World Food Organization, the National Social Security Fund is part of Lebanon's social and social identity and is one of the pillars of the structure of our community through its services to citizens. "He said:" As the labor ministry of the supervisory authority, we cooperate with its president, Dr. Mohamed Karaki, under the umbrella of A workshop to activate it, because no institution has unfortunately damaged the difficulties that have afflicted Lebanon, here I am working for the State to guarantee the financial burden accumulated when it is paid in making payments We will ensure that this payment is made regularly.

"As Minister of Labor, I received my duties five months ago and organized several workshops, whether to modernize labor law in Lebanon, to revise the sponsorship system or to fight against clandestine work or mechanization and to simplify procedures for citizens. "Unfortunately, Lebanon is one of the few countries in the world where there is no guarantee of aging, but today is the only way to save money. hui, a law is being studied in this regard and it is likely that it will soon be seen ".

"The social protection floor concept was adopted by the UN Chief Executives Board in April 2009 as an initiative to address the global crisis of the time, then by the agencies of the United Nations. United Nations to join efforts and adopt common priorities and solutions to strengthen social protection "During the year 2012 and at the International Labor Conference in Geneva, a recommendation was adopted on the basis of social protection "The Social Protection Floor", which is based on the basic guarantees of social security, determined at national level, and guarantees the social protection of workers. To eliminate poverty and vulnerability or at least mitigate the social consequences. "The Assembly adopted this title for its seminar, considering that social security was an important tool for eliminating poverty, inequality and social security, for reducing its impact, for promoting equal opportunities and gender equality and to support the transition from informal to organized employment, social and economic mechanisms that help stimulate aggregate demand during and after crises and help support the transition to a more inclusive economy Based on the foregoing, we will highlight the following topics: Importance of the work of the actuarial expert in the evaluation of social protection programs, political and economic impact on the components of comprehensive health coverage (care, quality, cost), good governance in the implementation of programs and financing of social security, social protection of workers in the economy informal Social protection of the unemployed and the importance of institutional infrastructure and information systems in the management of social security systems ".

The director of the Department of Social Welfare, Hamdi Ahmed, gave a speech to the Director General of the Arab Labor Organization, Fayez Al-Mutairi, and said: "The convening of this symposium, organized by the Society social security and social protection, is in line with the development demands that all Arab countries are seeking to achieve.Reducing poverty and inequality and protecting vulnerable populations from the risks of life greatly increases social cohesion and reduces poverty. 39, the impact of economic fluctuations, the right to a standard of living adequate for one's health and well-being, as well as that of one's family The 2030 sustainable development plan provides for the establishment of appropriate social protection national level and the extension of coverage to poor and vulnerable groups, which has led most Arab countries to redouble their efforts. to reform social protection systems by expanding coverage and reducing the fragmentation and sustainability of social security systems. "It is not true that social protection is an obstacle to economic growth, as some say, Social protection in today's world is the most important component of the political, social and economic trends of any country, and should be seen as a long-term development investment and not as a burden on the state's public budget.The widening of social protection and increasing the level of health coverage, the attention given to education and housing and compliance with labor legislation all have positive effects on increasing the overall efficiency of the economy, expanding the internal market, improving productivity and promoting the transition to the formal economy, a leader in achieving social peace in society ".

Faqih

Hbadan Fakih said in his presentation on behalf of the General Workers' Union: "In the presentation document for this colloquy, the third paragraph states that providing a decent life for individuals in society and a comprehensive and integrated model of social protection is One of the main drivers of social development and economic growth In the area of ​​social justice and economic development, where social protection contributes to economic growth by increasing labor productivity and promoting social stability, and operates in a crisis by automatically stabilizing the economy through social procedures, which contributes to the mitigation of crises ", adding that" the nine proposed axes for dialogue are all very important, but the organizers have done well to make the first session the title of "Laying the foundation for social protection", in order to widen the scope of social protection, because it is the magic key of all the other important axes. I will not discuss and repeat what has been agreed by the international and Arab trade unions, nor by the trade unions, nor by the badociations that deal with social security and protection against general concepts concerning the relationship between social protection and economic and social development or social justice and the reach of all workers. Or residents, but a protective ground for society as a whole. The need to establish or expand social coverage requires, above all, targeted social and economic "policies" on the part of policy makers, and therefore needs to establish an equal social dialogue between production partners. It must finally develop a new social contract that respects these concepts and works accordingly.

"We live in a country politically, economically and socially disadvantaged, not because we are a poor country, but because we are a country being looted, corrupted and stolen at different levels …" Lebanese economic, built before independence, is based on finance and real estate Tourism and other services, it has become a system in the era of globalization and development of the countries of the ocean and its crises and wars, a system of unemployment and poverty and migration, but depends on the export of young scientists and lack of investment, Cheap work and exploitation without any social protection, but with wages comparable to those of forced labor and without humanitarian rules We are today facing a budget of discussion for the year 2019 devoid of any social dimension and responsible for recovering from their pockets the worker s poor, employees, contractors, retirees, teachers and teachers, it uses more taxes, protects the huge profits of big capital owners and uses more debt under the name of Cedar 1, a new religion of low interest and not a grant from a country, an international or Arab financial organization.

He stressed that the budget "without any reform of the National Social Security Fund and pay the state of accumulated debts of the guarantee, more than 2 billion, and $ 1 billion to unpaid employers." Half jobs are vacant and all the directors of the departments are commissioned and the sickness and maternity fund is borrowed from the end-of-service fund, "he said." Statistics show that half of the employees have the right to affiliate to social security and that half of the workers in Lebanon work in the informal sector. If we go beyond the unemployment rate of 25% to 60% among young people, we are talking exclusively about the fundamental rights at work and the decent wage, where the minimum wage is still 675,000 pounds, which is not enough. to rent a modest housing in the suburbs Cities and public hospitals in all respects, buildings, equipment, laboratories and wages of employees and workers have not been paid for more than 14 months, hospitals are prepared for the poor and do not benefit from any health protection and represent more than 50% of Lebanese and foreigners. What social protection system are we talking about? "