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Date: 23 Apr 2014 17:00:00 -0400
Subject: BANGLADESH: ONE YEAR ON, UN WELCOMES INITIAL PAYMENTS TO
SURVIVORS OF FACTORY COLLAPSE
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BANGLADESH: ONE YEAR ON, UN WELCOMES INITIAL PAYMENTS TO SURVIVORS OF
FACTORY COLLAPSENew York, Apr 23 2014 5:00PMOne year after the global
garment industry's worst industrial accident, the fund chaired by the
United Nations to compensate victims of Bangladesh's Rana Plaza
factory collapse has begun issuing its initial round of payments, as
efforts to address the root causes of the disaster continue.

The Coordination Committee, chaired by the International Labour
Organization (ILO), yesterday paid 50,000 BDT (Bangladeshi Taka) -
about $645 - to each victim and the families of those who died in the
24 April tragedy, when the factory collapsed on the outskirts of
Dhaka, the capital, killing more than 1,000 mostly female workers, and
wounding thousands more.

"These initial payments are good news, now it needs to be ensured that
all legitimate claims are honoured and that the injured victims or
their surviving families receive full entitlements for their losses,"
<"http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/media-centre/press-releases/WCMS_241358/lang--en/index.htm">said
Gilbert Houngbo, ILO Deputy Director-General for Field Operations and
Partnerships, welcoming the payments that were announced at a ceremony
in Dhaka.

"More donations to the Rana Plaza Trust Fund are needed to reach the
$40 million target and ensure fair treatment for victims and their
families, who are struggling to rebuild their lives," Mr. Houngbo
added.

According to a <"http://www.ranaplaza-arrangement.org/news/press-release-the-rana-plaza-coordination-committee-pays-out-bdt-50-000-to-each-victim-of-rana-plaza-collapse">news
release, this first round of payments, which also includes non-injured
workers present at the factory at the time of the accident, is in line
with the decision of the Coordination Committee to provide all victims
a meaningful sum in advance of the 24 April anniversary of the factory
collapse.

The Rana Plaza Arrangement and its Geneva-based Trust Fund were
<"http://www.ranaplaza-arrangement.org/">set up in September 2013 and
are supported by voluntary contributions made by global brands and
others. The Fund has so far received only about $15 million of the
approximately $40 million total estimated amount calculated to
compensate all the workers, according to the ILO.

"Our first priority is to get compensation to the victims," Mr.
Houngbo said in a
<"http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/multimedia/video/video-interviews/WCMS_241218/lang--en/index.htm">video
statement, adding that ILO is also set to work with the Government of
Bangladesh and the wider international community to tackle "structural
challenges" so incidents such as the Rana Plaza collapse never occur
again, and to help Governments achieve the minimum institutional
capacity to ensure safe working environments for garment workers.

He said the ILO was backing a systemic approach that ensures that any
policy measures are implemented in ways that keep productive
capacities competitive. Such an approach would protect and promote
workers' rights and improve living and working conditions.

While the issue was a priority matter for Bangladesh and other major
garment-producing countries, Mr. Houngbo stressed that "everybody has
to do their part" - from consumers, who might be asked to pay $1 or 1
euro more to ensure safe working conditions and improved livelihoods,
to employers, workers' unions and major corporations.
There would need to be a major effort to ensure that that extra dollar
or euro "goes to the workers pockets and does not end up at the
contractor or subcontractor level. These are the issues that we will
be examining with the international community in months and years to
come," he said.

Mr. Houngbo, who is in Dhaka ahead of the anniversary, is due to meet
with the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Government ministers,
employers' and workers' organizations, ambassadors and representatives
of initiatives involved in improving working conditions in the
country's ready-made garment sector.

Tomorrow he is expected to address a high-level event - One Year after
Rana Plaza: Progress and the Way Forward - organized by the Government
of Bangladesh and the ILO.Apr 23 2014 5:00PM
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