Press releases

July 2010 

• ILO book sheds light on working conditions in the remote work industry
  12 July 2010 - A new book by the International Labour Organization (ILO) says that “remote work” – the offshoring and outsourcing of business services from developed to developing countries using information and communications technologies – is creating jobs that are of “reasonably good quality by local standards”, but that the industry has some way to go before achieving full decent work.

June 2010 

• ILO Director-General urges G20 to stay focussed on reducing the global jobs deficit
  28 June 2010 - International Labour Organization Director-General Juan Somavia today welcomed the G20 Leaders’ statement from Toronto in which they gave the “highest priority to safeguard and strengthen the recovery and to the next steps they should take to ensure a full return to growth with quality jobs”.
• ILO Governing Body elects new Chairperson – Committee on Freedom of Association cites Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Islamic Republic of Iran and Peru
  18 June 2010 - The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) elected H.E. Mr. Adelwaheb Jemal, Ambassador of Tunisia and Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations Office in Geneva, as Chairperson for 2010-11.
• ILO urges strong action on jobs to ensure balanced economic recovery on eve of Toronto G20 Summit
  18 June 2010 - The annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded its 2010 session today with a strong call for placing employment and social protection at the centre of recovery policies. “We must get the right balance of policies to secure strong, sustainable and balanced growth,” said conference delegates.
• ILO conference adopts unprecedented new international labour standard on HIV and AIDS
  17 June 2010 - Governments, employers and workers meeting at the annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) today adopted a new international labour standard on HIV and AIDS - the first international human rights instrument to focus specifically on the issue in the world of work.
• Brazil, U.S. and ILO to expand fight against child labour in post-earthqake Haiti - first ILO North-South-South "triangular agreement"
  15 June 2010 - Brazil and the United States have joined forces to expand the fight against child labour in Haiti, in the first “triangular agreement” on North-South-South cooperation to be signed under the auspices of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
• ILO to vote on new international labour standard on HIV and AIDS
  15 June 2010 - The annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) will vote on Thursday 17 June on a new international labour standard on HIV and AIDS and the world of work.
• ILO Director-General calls for focus on reactivating real economy and creating jobs
  14 June 2010 - In a message to the annual Conference of the International Labour Organization, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia called for “reactivating the real economy and creating jobs” as the key to emerging from the global economic crisis.
• "Real economy" leaders discuss policy responses to global economic and jobs crisis
  14 June 2010 - Leaders from the real economy, meeting at the International Labour Organization's annual conference, held a high-level debate on ways out of the global economic and jobs crisis and called for an urgent, balanced policy approach that would combine economic recovery with jobs growth.
• High-level panel at ILO Conference to discuss future of jobs recovery and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
  11 June 2010 - Leaders from the real economy – government, labour, employers and civil society – are to discuss the impact of the current economic and jobs crises on employment policy and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) during a high-level event at the annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
• New ILO report on the situation of workers in the occupied Arab territories
  10 June 2010 - The annual report of the International Labour Office (ILO) on the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories shows some improvement in the economic situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory although the latter remains precarious, particularly in Gaza.
• ILO says “go for the goal” of eliminating the worst forms of child labour by 2016
  09 June 2010 - As the football World Cup in South Africa kicks off, the International Labour Organization (ILO) marked the World Day Against Child Labour with an urgent appeal to “go for the goal – end child labour,” calling particular attention to the target of eliminating the worst forms of child labour by 2016.
• Media advisory: World day against child labour - 12 June 2010
  04 June 2010 - The annual World Day against Child labour on June 12 will this year put the spotlight on the need for urgent national and international steps to accelerate action against child labour.
• ILO Director-General calls for “balanced” response to address debt crisis and promote jobs recovery
  02 June 2010 - International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Juan Somavia has called for a “balanced” policy strategy aimed at securing a “jobs-rich” economic recovery in the face of new threats to the global economy from the sovereign debt crisis and fiscal retrenchment.
• Swiss President calls for coherent, inclusive and employment oriented approach to overcome the crisis
  02 June 2010 - “The crisis will not be over as long as unemployment and underemployment prevail,” said the President of the Swiss Confederation, H.E. Ms. Doris Leuthard, at the opening ceremony of the 99th annual conference of the International Labour Organization.
• 99th ILO annual Conference elects officers
  02 June 2010 - The 99th Session of the International Labour Conference, which will run here till 18 June, opened today and elected as its President Mr Gilles de Robien, Government delegate of France.
• ILO warns of new threats to global economic and jobs recovery from debt crisis and financial instability
  01 June 2010 - Growing instability in financial markets and the sovereign debt crisis in Europe may put global economic and jobs recovery efforts at risk, according to a report by International Labour Office Director-General Juan Somavia to be discussed at the ILO’s annual conference.

May 2010 

• 99th ILO International Labour Conference: Agenda and accreditation information
  24 May 2010 - The International Labour Organization (ILO) will hold its annual International Labour Conference in Geneva on 2-18 June. Government, worker and employer representatives from the ILO’s 183 member States will discuss a series of topics, including: The elaboration of a standard on HIV/AIDS in the world of work; Decent work for domestic workers; The strategic objective of employment...
• ASEAN’S strong recovery faces challenges, says ILO report, Productivity, skills, job quality critical
  20 May 2010 - ASEAN countries have rebounded remarkably from the global economic crisis and many are recording pre-crisis economic growth levels but they face key challenges, including rebalancing growth, improving workforce skills, rebuilding employment and – critically – accelerating productivity to compete with India and China, according to a new ILO report.
• Global conference agrees on a Roadmap to step up action to eliminate the worst forms of child labour by 2016
  11 May 2010 - More than 450 delegates from 80 countries have agreed on a Roadmap aimed at “substantially increasing” global efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour by 2016.