News and articles
2004
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Press release
Mongolia's small businesses to get safety and health training
21 September 2004,
Low-cost and easy-to-implement ways to improve safety and health in the workplace is the focus at an international workshop organized by the ILO and the Mongolian Employers’ Federation (MONEF).
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Press release
China international forum on work safety focuses on most dangerous work
30 August 2004,
The International Forum on Work Safety in Beijing focuses on cutting the number of deaths and accidents in the most hazardous sectors such as the mining, construction and chemical industries.
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Press release
Media Advisory: ILO to publish first global survey of economic insecurity
26 August 2004, GENEVE
A new ILO study covering 90 countries world wide reveals that the vast majority of the global workforce today lives in a world marked by economic uncertainty and insecurity over the future.
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Press release
New safety and health training targets construction workers
24 August 2004,
A three-day workshop based on ILO's Work Improvement in Small Construction Sites (WISCON scheme) is held in Mongolia to improve the safety and health of Mongolian construction workers.
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Korean Government funds workshop to improve safety and health for Viet Nam coal miners
24 August 2004,
A workshop funded by the Korean Government and organized by the ILO and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) is taking place in Viet Nam taking important steps towards creating safer working conditions for Viet Nam’s coal miners.
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New ratification opens the way for ILO Convention on seafarers' ID card
18 August 2004, GENEVE
The ILO Convention No. 185, designed to create a new biometric identity verification system for the world’s 1.2 million maritime workers has received sufficient ratifications to go into force.
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Press release
Youth unemployment at all time high
11 August 2004, BANGKOK
A new ILO study shows that youth unemployment has skyrocketed both in Asia and worldwide over the past decade, making up nearly half the world’s jobless of whom 38 million are in the Asian region.
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Press release
Cambodia's home workers to receive special safety training
05 August 2004,
A four-day workshop with focus on the ILO’s WISH (Work Improvement for Safe Home) training programme is being held in Cambodia with the aim to improve occupational safety and health for Cambodia ’s homeworkers.
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Press release
Asian Cup shows Red Card to Child Labour
03 August 2004,
The “Red Card to Child Labour” campaign uses the half-time display during the China vs. Iran semi-final to get over the message that child labour is unacceptable.
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Press release
Work starts on 1st National Plan for Occupational Safety and Health in Laos
27 July 2004,
ILO experts, Lao Government officials, trade union and employer representatives are meeting in a National Tripartite Workshop to start working on the Lao PDR’s first national programme for Occupational Safety and Health.