Press releases

2012

1. Young voices from Sri Lanka

   07 May 2012

   Consultation on "Young Voices from Sri Lanka" on Youth Employment.

2. Occupational Safety and Health quintessential to Green Jobs

   28 April 2012

   ILO supported training programme on green jobs project with NIOSH Sri Lanka

3. Greening the Brown article in the Island news.

   28 April 2012

   Greening the Brown - Decent work for waste workers in Sri Lanka

4. Largest Rice Mill in Vavuniya North Re-opens

   26 March 2012

   A significant step in the socio-economic recovery of Vavuniya North took place on 24 January 2012, with the official handing over of the re-equipped Multipurpose Cooperative Society (MPCS) Vavuniya North Rice Mill in Nedunkerny.

2011

1. Situation in Arab Countries: “The independence of the trade union movement is necessary …”, explains Walid Hamdan from ILO-ACTRAV

   30 October 2011

2. Palestine: A new ILO decent work strategy (2012-2014) will be launched in early 2012 for the occupied Palestinian territory.

   26 October 2011

3. Asia and the Pacific: Bipartite Worker-Employer Workshop on Decent Work

   21 October 2011

4. Colombo: Sub Regional Seminar on Strengthening Union Capacity in order to Achieve Decent Work

   19 October 2011

5. Seminar in Jakarta on Trade Union Capacity Building

   14 October 2011

6. Judicial Colloquium on Human Trafficking & Forced Labour

   09 August 2011

   A Judicial Colloquium on Human Trafficking & Forced Labour was held from 7-9th August with the participation of 65 Judges. Human Trafficking is gaining increased global attention as a transnational organized crime. The profits generated from trafficking in human beings are significantly high, thereby making it one of the most lucrative criminal industries in the world.

7. Vavuniya North Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society to support more than 2,000 paddy farmers

   08 August 2011

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society (MPCS) of Vavuniya North have joined forces to re-tool a major rice milling operation damaged during the years of Sri Lanka’s civil conflict.

8. ILO Country Director Mr. Donglin Li Conferred with Pakistan’s Highest Civilian Award

   24 March 2011

   Pakistan President H.E. Mr. Asif Ali Zardari on the occasion of National Day conferred the SITARA-I-QUAID-I-AZAM Civil Award to Mr. Donglin Li, former Country Director of International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Country Office for Pakistan, for his excellent services to the people of Pakistan. Mr. Li is the present Country Director of the ILO Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The Investiture Ceremony for the Awards took place on 23 March 2011at the Pakistan High Comission in Colombo, hosted by H.E. Ms. Seema Illahi Baloch, the High Commissioner of Pakistan.

9. National Green Jobs Conference

   24 January 2011

   The International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the Ministries of Labour and Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion, is organizing a two-day National Conference on Green Jobs from 24-25 January 2011.

2010

1. ILO Enterprise Projects for Women in Vavuniya North

   03 December 2010

   ILO LEED Project introduces TREE methodology for economic empowerment of conflict-affected women in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.

2. 

   Youth unemployment at highest recorded level - ILO report; 36 million Asia Pacific young people unemployed – A possible “Lost generation”

   12 August 2010

   The global unemployment rate for young people has risen to its highest recorded level, and is expected to continue increasing until the end of 2010, a new report issued by the International Labour Organization (ILO) says.

3. 

   World Day against Child Labour - countries to "go for the goal" and tackle child labour

   10 June 2010

   As the football World Cup in South Africa kicked off, countries throughout Asia-Pacific marked World Day against Child Labour with an urgent appeal to "Go For the goal - end child labour".

2009

1. Taking forward the National Labour Migration Policy for Sri Lanka

   30 December 2009

   The Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare has taken steps to carry forward the National Labour Migration Policy by establishing a High Level Advisory Committee consisting of key Ministries, Recruitment Industry, Trade Unions and civil society organizations to oversee the implementation of the National Policy.

2. Republic of Maldives joins the ILO

   20 May 2009

   The Republic of Maldives has become the 183rd member State of the ILO, the United Nations agency that deals with work and workplace issues.

2007

1. Governments, trade unions, employers and NGOs join hands in the prevention of HIV/AIDS in workplaces in Sri Lanka

   16 August 2007

   The ILO Office in Sri Lanka being a technical corporation agency seeks to enhance the capacity of employers, workers and the Ministry of Labour Relations and Manpower (MOLR&MP) to plan and implement policies and programmes for prevention of HIV/AIDS in workplaces through its ILO/USDOL International HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Program.