News and articles
2001
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ILO Asian Regional Meeting calls for National Action Plans for Decent Work
31 August 2001, BANGKOK
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".
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ILO to Address Decent Work Deficit in Asia and the Pacific
24 August 2001, BANGKOK
ILO opens Conference aimed at shoring up Asia’s economies by providing a new element to the development agenda – the quest for “decent work.”
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International Labour Organization to Thirteenth Asian Regional Meeting
22 August 2001, BANGKOK
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.
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Indigenous people still the poorest of the poor
08 August 2001, BANGKOK
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.
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ILO Seminar Reaching Out to Thailand's Home-based Workers
23 April 2001, BANGKOK
ILO seminar aims at develop a safety and health action plan for Thai home-based workers.
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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
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Ridding the global economy of child labour
23 October 2000, BANGKOK and DHAKA
ILO supported Regional Meeting with experts from 16 countries seek the answer to how to banish child labour from the global economy.
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ILO Strategists Chart New Ways to Combat Child Labour
16 October 2000, BANGKOK and DHAKA
New ILO strategies to combat child labour will be the focus at a regional meeting attended by experts from 16 countries.
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Rooting Out the Worst Forms of Child Labour
15 September 2000, BANGKOK
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).
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Rayong Workshop Aims to Reduce Grim Toll
04 July 2000, BANGKOK
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.