Aharon Becker, general secretary of the Histadrut, Israel’s federation of labor, was reelected here this weekend as a member of the governing board of the International Labor Organization, a United Nations specialized agency, which has been holding its annual assembly here. Of 102 votes cast for this post by the labor representatives who are delegates to the assembly, Mr. Becker polled 60, the second highest number cast for any of the labor members of the governing body.
A major address was delivered before the assembly by another of the Israeli representatives, Oded Nesser, director-general of the Israel Ministry of Labor. He proposed that the ILO establish research projects dealing with the problem of automation in developing countries, the causes of “brain drain” by which developed countries take away experts needed in underdeveloped lands, and the utilization of resources in those countries that can aid in technical assistance programs. He pointed out that Israel, through one of the developing countries, can provide important types of training for skills needed in some other countries.
On the issue of “brain drain,” he told the ILO that, although it is not an acute problem for Israel, it is a matter of major frustration to the development efforts in many underdeveloped lands.
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