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UN agency hails 'historic first' with child labor convention

| August 4, 2020 8:03 AM

GENEVA (AP) — The International Labor Organization on Tuesday welcomed a global agreement to combat the worst forms of child labor as the first time all of its member states have ratified a convention — in a process that lasted 21 years.

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