{"id":3607,"date":"2018-06-07T09:24:43","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T06:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/?p=3607"},"modified":"2018-06-07T09:25:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T06:25:26","slug":"bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain attends key UN meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/INAF_20180607022252359.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3608\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/INAF_20180607022252359.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/INAF_20180607022252359.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/INAF_20180607022252359-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/INAF_20180607022252359-458x300.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bahrain attended theUN meeting on the International Covenant on Migrants, which opened on Monday and will run until Friday (June 4-8).<br \/>\nLabour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) Chief Executive Officer Osama bin Abdulla Al-Absi <!--more-->underlined Bahrain\u2019s recommendations which will be likey adopted by the United Nations in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the international meeting had shown interest in Bahrain\u2019s labour market reforms and protection of expatriate workers\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed particularly the legislation granting expatriate workers the right to swap employers, in addition to the newly-introduced flexi-work permits.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out Bahrain\u2019s landmark strides since 2004, launching the labour market reform, which was followed by the establishment of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) and the Labour Fund (Tamkeen).<\/p>\n<p>The LMRA chief underlined the string of measures which were undertaken by the Kingdom of Bahrain to protect expatriate workers\u2019 rights without encroaching on other parties\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out the flexi-work permit project, which was launched by the authority to enable illegal expatriate workers to regulate their situation in compliance with the law.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed Bahrain\u2019s strenuous efforts to review national legislation, in compliance with international requirements and covenants, to protect expatriate workers from blackmail, exploitation or human trafficking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahrain attended theUN meeting on the International Covenant on Migrants, which opened on Monday and will run until Friday (June 4-8). Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) Chief Executive Officer Osama bin Abdulla Al-Absi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[867,870,881,882],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bahrain attends key UN meeting - Media Centre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bahrain attends key UN meeting - Media Centre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bahrain attended theUN meeting on the International Covenant on Migrants, which opened on Monday and will run until Friday (June 4-8). Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) Chief Executive Officer Osama bin Abdulla Al-Absi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Media Centre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bahrainlmra\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-06-07T06:24:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-06-07T06:25:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/INAF_20180607022252359.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Labour Market Regulatory Authority\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@lmrabh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@lmrabh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Labour Market Regulatory Authority\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Labour Market Regulatory Authority\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9b4868f762b598a041d5e888430d4bcc\"},\"headline\":\"Bahrain attends key UN meeting\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-07T06:24:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-06-07T06:25:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/\"},\"wordCount\":205,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Ausama AL Absi\",\"New York\",\"the International Covenant on Migrants\",\"The United Nations\"],\"articleSection\":[\"BNA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/\",\"name\":\"Bahrain attends key UN meeting - Media Centre\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-07T06:24:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-06-07T06:25:26+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bahrain attends key UN meeting\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Media Centre\",\"description\":\"Labour Market Regulatory Authority\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Labour Market Regulatory Authority\",\"alternateName\":\"LMRA\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/lmra-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/lmra-logo.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":998,\"caption\":\"Labour Market Regulatory Authority\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bahrainlmra\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lmrabh\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/lmrabh\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lmrabh\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9b4868f762b598a041d5e888430d4bcc\",\"name\":\"Labour Market Regulatory Authority\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/406b0a416ca6d0eacb8d1504387ee437?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/406b0a416ca6d0eacb8d1504387ee437?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Labour Market Regulatory Authority\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bahrain attends key UN meeting - Media Centre","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bahrain attends key UN meeting - Media Centre","og_description":"Bahrain attended theUN meeting on the International Covenant on Migrants, which opened on Monday and will run until Friday (June 4-8). Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) Chief Executive Officer Osama bin Abdulla Al-Absi","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/","og_site_name":"Media Centre","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bahrainlmra","article_published_time":"2018-06-07T06:24:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-06-07T06:25:26+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/INAF_20180607022252359.jpg"}],"author":"Labour Market Regulatory Authority","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@lmrabh","twitter_site":"@lmrabh","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Labour Market Regulatory Authority","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/"},"author":{"name":"Labour Market Regulatory Authority","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9b4868f762b598a041d5e888430d4bcc"},"headline":"Bahrain attends key UN meeting","datePublished":"2018-06-07T06:24:43+00:00","dateModified":"2018-06-07T06:25:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/"},"wordCount":205,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#organization"},"keywords":["Ausama AL Absi","New York","the International Covenant on Migrants","The United Nations"],"articleSection":["BNA"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/","name":"Bahrain attends key UN meeting - Media Centre","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-06-07T06:24:43+00:00","dateModified":"2018-06-07T06:25:26+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/2018\/06\/07\/bahrain-attends-key-un-meeting\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bahrain attends key UN meeting"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/","name":"Media Centre","description":"Labour Market Regulatory Authority","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#organization","name":"Labour Market Regulatory Authority","alternateName":"LMRA","url":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/lmra-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/lmra-logo.jpg","width":1024,"height":998,"caption":"Labour Market Regulatory Authority"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bahrainlmra","https:\/\/twitter.com\/lmrabh","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/lmrabh","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lmrabh\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9b4868f762b598a041d5e888430d4bcc","name":"Labour Market Regulatory Authority","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/406b0a416ca6d0eacb8d1504387ee437?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/406b0a416ca6d0eacb8d1504387ee437?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Labour Market Regulatory Authority"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3607"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3610,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3607\/revisions\/3610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lmra.gov.bh\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}