The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to achieving the objective of this Ministry, it has developed a draft National Labor Policy in 2010 which talks about the Right to Work and the other acts and policies, for example, Private Road Transport Labor Welfare Fund Law 2005, Labor Acts 2006, Labor Welfare Foundation Law 2006, Bangladesh Labor Law (Amendment) 2009, Domestic Workers Conduct and Welfare Policy (Draft) 2010, Bangladesh Labor Law (Amendment) 2010, Occupational Safety and Health Policy (Draft) 2011 are basically the laws and policies related to the Right to Work. The objectives of the draft labor policy include: to create employment opportunities for all citizens who are able to work, to develop a skilled labor force for socio-economic development, to create job markets in different countries and manage them in a sustainable way, to establish a decent work place both in the formal and informal job sector in line with international labor standards, to develop the social security of the labor etc. According to the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (MoEWOE), the long-term strategies for expanding overseas employment include: (i) entering new markets for overseas employment, (ii) expanding representation in existing overseas labor markets, (iii) improving skill training for exporting skilled workers, (iv) undertaking special initiatives for exporting workers from Monga and other ecologically vulnerable areas, (v) managing welfare programmes for migrant workers, (vi) controlling the recruiting agencies and bringing transparency in the migration process, (vii) increasing the inflow of remittances and ensuring their proper use, (viii) undertaking a special initiative for exporting women workers, and (ix) increasing the skill and role of Bangladesh missions abroad in exporting workers. The present government has placed elimination of poverty and inequity at the forefront of its development strategy. The thrust has now shifted to putting Bangladesh into a trajectory of high performing growth, stabilizing commodity prices, minimizing income and human poverty, securing health and education for all, enhancing creativity and human capacity, establishing social justice and social inclusion, reducing social disparity, achieving capacity to tackle the adverse effects of climate 34 change, and firmly rooting democracy in the political arena. This vision for the development of the country would be translated into reality through its Perspective Plan 2010 – 2021 which has placed strong emphasis on making productive use of Bangladesh's human and physical capital as strategies for accomplishing the targets. The long term vision of the government would be realized initially through the National Strategy for Accelerated Poverty Reduction II (NSAPR II), and through the implementation of the Sixth Five Year Plan (FY 2011-2015) and Seventh Five Year Plan (FY 2016 – 2020). Along with other characteristics of the Sixth Five Year Plan, employment creation is one basic characteristic contributing to the achievement of the long term vision. 2.5 Right to adequate Food: The right to food has been described under the fundamental principles of State policy and it is in article 15 (a) of the Constitution which states that: “It shall be a fundamental responsibility of the State to attain, […] a steady improvement in the material and cultural standard of living of the people, with a view to securing to its citizens […] the provision of the basic necessities of life, including food, clothing, shelter, Trend in SSN Allocation education and medical 160.00 care”. 3.00 The most positive Government action regarding the right to food is the adoption of the National Food Policy (NFP) in 2006, which set a goal to ensure dependable and sustained food security for all, at all times. This Policy replaced the earlier Policy of 2.50 120.00 2.00 80.00 1.50 40.00 0.50 0.00 0.00 FY06 FY07 Growth in SSN FY08 FY09 FY10 SSN as % Budget FY11 FY12 As share of GDP Allocation for Social Safety Net (SSN) in FY 12: Tk. 22556 crore (13.8% of total budget) Source: Dialogue on State of Bangladesh Economy: Analysis of the national budget FY2011- 12, CPD and IBRD, Dhaka, 18 June 2011. 35