I-news
2008
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Launch of a new UN System-wide workplace programme on HIV
09 May 2008 - HIV is having a serious impact not just on our work, but also in our workplace. Absences, illnesses and deaths due to HIV and AIDS have profound implications for staff, their families, and for the UN. Even in countries where HIV is less visible, the UN has an obligation to act. ...
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Juan Somavia highlights ASEAN charter as foundation for helping "Marginalized Majority"
08 May 2008 - In an address to the 20th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Labour Ministers’ Meeting in Bangkok, the Director-General of the ILO, highlighted the ASEAN Charter signed late last year as a “fundamental political commitment” to honour “the dignity of work and respond to the legitimate aspirations of people and families for a better life.”
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ILO Director-General calls for strong support for social dialogue in Africa
24 April 2008 - In an address at the headquarters of the African Union, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Mr. Juan Somavia, called for a stronger commitment to reinforce “African tripartism” and social dialogue throughout the continent.
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ILO and US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health agree to cooperate on expanding safety and health at work
23 April 2008 - The Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SafeWork) of the International Labour Office (ILO) and the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) today signed an agreement aimed at expanding safety and health in the workplace.
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ILO Conference on Green Jobs held in Japan
20 April 2008 - The impact of environmental change on jobs, sustainable economic growth and poverty is discussed at an International Labour Organization research conference in Niigata, Japan on 21-22 April.
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UNCTAD XII: The opportunities and challenges of globalization
18 April 2008 - In a statement to the Twelfth United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in Accra, Ghana (21-25 April), the ILO calls on the international community to grasp the opportunities offered by globalization by creating an environment conducive to full and productive employment and decent work for all. ...
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ILO announces availability of microinsurance grants
10 April 2008 - he International Labour Office (ILO) has announced the availability of grants from its new “Microinsurance Innovation Facility” aimed at producing new ideas and innovative approaches for insurance products for low-income people.
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Luxembourg ratifies 20 ILO Instruments including 15 in the field of occupational safety and health
08 April 2008 - The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has ratified 20 Instruments of the International Labour Organization – 18 conventions and 2 protocols, most of which are related to occupational safety and health. A combined ratification of such magnitude is relatively rare in the history of the ILO. As a result, Luxembourg has now ratified a hundred ILO Instruments.
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ILO Convention No. 187 on occupational safety and health to come into force following ratification by the Republic of Korea
13 March 2008 - The Republic of Korea has recently ratified a new ILO Convention, the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health, Convention No. 187. This ratification will bring this important international labour standard designed to promote a “preventive safety and health culture” into force in the next 12 months.
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Joint communiqué from ILO, IMO and WHO: New International Medical Guide for Ships (Third Edition) launched jointly by ILO, IMO and WHO
13 March 2008 - A new edition of the International Medical Guide for Ships has been published by the World Health Organization (WHO), on behalf of the International Labour Organization (ILO), International Maritime Organization (IMO), and WHO itself. Copies of this book are now available from WHO and IMO.
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ILO Director-General calls for moving the decent work agenda forward in the Arab region
26 February 2008 - Addressing the 35th Session of the Arab Labour Conference in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia underscored the need to ensure that the benefits of economic growth are translated into social justice for the people of the Arab region.
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ILO Director-General addresses UNEP Meeting on globalization and climate change
20 February 2008 - ILO Director-General Juan Somavia highlighted the potential for the creation of environmentally friendly green jobs in a panel discussion and press conference at the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum organized by the United Nations Environment Programme.
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ILO welcomes new momentum for global alliance against forced labour involving employers and workers
20 February 2008 - A recent international forum against human trafficking has generated new momentum for a global alliance aimed at abolishing forced labour in the next decade, with strong support from employer and labour representatives, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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IFC and ILO team up to support Jordanian clothing exports through improved labour standards
07 February 2008 - Jordanian Minister of Labour announces the Better Work Jordan project
2007
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Heads of five international organizations met in Berlin to work closely together for a Fair Globalization.
20 December 2007 - Shaping a fair globalization not only requires that governments consult more closely, but also that key international organizations act with greater coherence to achieve jointly set goals. ...
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Brazil, ILO launch South-South cooperation against child labour
14 December 2007 - The Brazilian Government and the International Labour Organization launch a major new initiative to promote specific South-South technical cooperation projects and activities that contribute effectively to the prevention and elimination of child labour, in accordance with the international obligations of each country.
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OSCE-IOM-ILO launch Handbook on Labour Migration for the Mediterranean
12 December 2007 - ILO together with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are launching a major new tool here today to assist governments and social partners around the Mediterranean to regulate labour migration.
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Experts from seven South-East European countries discussed the youth employment challenge
12 December 2007 - Despite increased economic growth, the inability of economies to create enough decent and productive jobs is hitting youth especially hard, experts from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia concluded at a meeting here on 6 and 7 December.
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South Eastern European ministers of labour boost regional cooperation on employment and social policy
26 October 2007 - High-level government, employers’ and workers’ representatives from nine South Eastern European countries adopted today an agreement, the “Montenegro conclusions”, that puts employment at the heart of economic and social policies.
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ILO documentary to be screened at environmental movie festival in Italy
11 October 2007 - Turning waste into wages is the goal of an ambitious project in Burkina Faso and the subject of an International Labour Office documentary to be screened by the Italian Film Festival "CinemAmbiente" in Turin, Italy.
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