BANGKOK (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations agency dealing with work and workplace issues, is to issue its annual report ,“Global Employment Trends: The challenge of a jobs recovery”, on Tuesday 25 January 2011.

This year’s Global Employment Trends report will be the first to assess how the world’s labour markets have been faring during the ongoing economic recovery and provide projections of employment and unemployment prospects for the world as a whole as well as the various regions – including East Asia (1), South-East Asia and the Pacific (2) and South Asia (3).

The report will be launched in Geneva on Monday 24 January under a reporting embargo of 23:00GMT on Monday 24 January (equivalent to the following times on Tuesday 25 in Asia Pacific: 04.30 in Delhi, 06.00 in Bangkok, 07.00 in Beijing and 08.00 in Tokyo). It will be available in English, French and Spanish.

Journalists can download the embargoed material from the ILO’s password-protected media site from Thursday, 20 January. If you wish to access the site or schedule interviews with ILO experts please contact your local ILO office or the ILO Department of Communication and Public Information in Geneva, on + 4122 799 7912, communication@ilo.org

Broadcasters can access a video news release, coverage of the press conference and interviews with the authors by contacting the ILO Radio and TV Unit in Geneva, on + 4122 799 7935 or emailing TV_radio@ilo.org

For more information please contact:

Sophy Fisher, Regional Information Officer
ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
fisher@ilo.org
Tel: +662 288 2482

Krisdaporn Singhaseni, Information Officer
ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
krisdaporn@ilo.org
Tel: +662 288 1664

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(1) China, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Democratic Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea, Macau SAR, Mongolia, Taiwan (China).

(2) South-East Asia: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam. Pacific Islands: American Samoa, Cook islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, North Mariana Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands.

(3) Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka