Press releases

September 2010 

• IMF and ILO Launch Background Paper on the “Challenges of Growth, Employment and Social Cohesion” for High-Level Conference on September 13 in Oslo
  02 September 2010 - The International Monetary Fund and the International Labour Organization have issued a stark assessment of the outlook for employment in the wake of the global financial crisis, saying that the world faces major challenges in creating enough quality jobs to sustain growth and development.

August 2010 

• Nicaragua ratifies ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169)
  27 August 2010 - The Government of Nicaragua has delivered to the ILO the instrument of ratification of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), whose purpose is to protect the rights of these peoples and to guarantee respect for their integrity.
• ILO and IMF Conference in Oslo to address ways of accelerating a job-rich crisis recovery
  18 August 2010 - The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced a joint conference to be hosted by the Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg, on 13 September 2010, in Oslo, to explore new ways of forging a sustainable, job-rich recovery from the global economic crisis.
• Former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet heads global panel to promote social protection
  13 August 2010 - Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet presided over the first meeting of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group, held in Geneva on 11 and 12 August and convened by the ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia.
• World economic crisis has spurred a record increase in youth unemployment says ILO
  11 August 2010 - Global youth unemployment has reached its highest level on record, and is expected to increase through 2010, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a new report issued to coincide with the launch of the UN International Youth Year on 12 August.
• ILO to launch new report on the impact of the economic crisis on youth employment
  09 August 2010 - The International Labour Office (ILO) is to launch a new study on youth employment trends to coincide with International Youth Day and the launch of the International Year of Youth on 12 August.

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 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 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 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.
• "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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.