Press releases

2002

1. Unemployment Insurance Feasible and Justifiable in Thailand, says ILO report

   29 March 2002

   New ILO report discussed at Tripartite seminar says the expansion of Thailand's social security coverage make unemployment insurance more feasible and justifiable.

2. ILO Turns Spotlight on Asia Pacific Dimensions of Stark Global Youth Employment Crisis

   27 February 2002

   ILO regional meeting, preceded by a long process of consultation and research, focuses on the Asia Pacific dimensions of a "stark" global youth employment situations.

3. Ballooning Youth Unemployment may post threat to Stable Development in Asia

   25 February 2002

   ILO/Japan Tripartite Meeting on Youth Employment in Asia and the Pacific warns that ballooning youth unemployment threatens to undermine stable development in Asia, unless urgent action is taken.

4. New ILO Approach to Combating Forced Labour Stresses Technical Cooperation

   25 February 2002

   The ILO announces the formation of a new unit which will take concrete measures to combat forced and compulsory labour.

5. ILO Asian and Pacific Member States meet to discuss Practical Action against Forced and Compulsory Labour

   21 February 2002

   Finding practical ways to combat forced and compulsory labour is a key theme of an ILO meeting bringing together 24 member States.

2001

1. ILO Meeting to forge New Alliances to Combat Child Trafficking

   10 October 2001

   The ILO/Japan Asian Meeting on the Trafficking of Children for Labour and Sexual Exploitation gathers representatives from 14 countires to forge new alliances and strategies to combat child trafficking.

2. Government, employer and worker representatives gather in Penang to combat rising risk of sexual harassment at work

   02 October 2001

   An ILO technical report findings suggests trend in increases in the scale and risk of sexual harassment at work.

3. 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.

4. Workshop aims at National Policy on HIV/AIDS in the World of Work

   12 September 2001

   Two-day ILO workshop aims at developing a national policy on HIV/AIDS and the world of work for Thailand.

5. ILO Asian Regional Meeting calls for National Action Plans for Decent Work

   31 August 2001

   ILO’s Thirteenth Asian Regional Meeting results in a conclusion that calls for the Member States to establish national plans of action for "Decent Work".

6. ILO to Address Decent Work Deficit in Asia and the Pacific

   24 August 2001

   ILO opens Conference aimed at shoring up Asia’s economies by providing a new element to the development agenda – the quest for “decent work.”

7. International Labour Organization to Thirteenth Asian Regional Meeting

   22 August 2001

   The ILO's Thirteenth Asian Regional Meeting seek to establish new policies and projects for promoting decent work in the region as a key to reducing poverty and restoring economies.

8. Indigenous People still the Poorest of the Poor

   08 August 2001

   The ILO shows concern about the world’s 300 million indigenous people, half of whom live in Asia, still remain the poorest of the poor.

9. ILO Seminar Reaching Out to Thailand's Home-based Workers

   23 April 2001

   ILO seminar aims at develop a safety and health action plan for Thai home-based workers.

10. 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.

2000

1. Ridding the Global Economy of Child Labour

   23 October 2000

   ILO supported Regional Meeting with experts from 16 countries seek the answer to how to banish child labour from the global economy.

2. ILO Strategists Chart New Ways to Combat Child Labour

   16 October 2000

   New ILO strategies to combat child labour will be the focus at a regional meeting attended by experts from 16 countries.

3. Rooting Out the Worst Forms of Child Labour

   15 September 2000

   Governments, employers’ organizations and trade unions is taking the approach of rooting out the worst forms of child labour first, by adopting the ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182).

4. Rayong Workshop Aims to Reduce Grim Toll

   04 July 2000

   Senior officials of the ILO and Thailand’s Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare open a three-day workshop in Rayong to identify "safeguards and safe practices" to reduce work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths.

5. Ninety per cent of World Excluded from Old Age Pension Schemes

   28 April 2000

   The ILO estimates in new publication that some 90 per cent of the world's working-age population is not covered by pension schemes capable of providing adequate retirement income.