Myanmar (The Union of): International Labour Standards

March 2009 

• ILO renews supplementary understanding with Myanmar
  02 March 2009 - ILO has agreed with the Government of Myanmar to extend for 12 months the ILO Supplementary Understanding which provides a mechanism for Myanmar Citizens to lodge complaints of forced labour through the ILO Liaison Officer in Yangon. (Press release)

September 2007 

• BANGKOK
  Statement from the ILO on detained labour activists in Myanmar
  12 September 2007 - The ILO calls upon the government to review and reverse the sentences of six labour activists in Myanmar.The persons concerned should be released without delay. (Press release)

March 2007 

• BANGKOK
  New ILO Myanmar web site
  15 March 2007 - A new web site has been set up by the Office of the ILO Liaison Officer in Yangon to increase awareness of the ILO’s work on forced labour in Myanmar (Press release)

September 2001 

• BANGKOK
  ILO High Level Team visits Myanmar
  17 September 2001 - An ILO High Level Team, visits Myanmar to assess actions by the Government concerning forced labour. (Press release)

January 2001 

• BANGKOK
  Fresh Hope for Myanmar
  15 January 2001 - The ILO reports on democratic breakthroughs in Myanmar that came under unprecedented ILO sanctions for widespread and systematic use of forced labour. (Press release)