Press releases

June 2009 

• International Labour Conference concludes its work
  19 June 2009 - The International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded its annual meeting in Geneva after considering a wide range of issues, including HIV/AIDS, gender equality and the effect given to ILO labour standards and adopting a historic Global Jobs Pact.
• ILO adopts “Global Jobs Pact” aimed at creating jobs, protecting workers and stimulating economic recovery
  19 June 2009 - Faced with the prospect of a prolonged global increase in unemployment, poverty and inequality and the continuing collapse of enterprises, the International Labour Organization adopted a Global Jobs Pact designed to guide national and international policies aimed at stimulating economic recovery, generating jobs and providing protection to working people and their families.
• Media advisory: ILO Summit on the Global Jobs Crisis
  12 June 2009 - Nine Heads of State and Government, six Vice-presidents, labour ministers and leaders from employers’ and workers’ organizations are to meet in Geneva from June 15-17 for a Global Jobs Crisis Summit organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
• New ILO report on the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories
  11 June 2009 - The annual report of the International Labour Office (ILO) on the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories depicts “a dismal human, economic and social situation in the occupied Arab territories, overshadowed by stalled peace negotiations”.
• ILO says crisis increases risk of girls becoming child labourers
  10 June 2009 - The global financial crisis could push an increasing number of children, particularly girls, into child labour, according to a new report issued by the International Labour Office (ILO) for the World Day Against Child Labour on June 12.
• World Day Against Child Labour – 12 June 2009
  08 June 2009 - The annual World Day Against Child Labour will be marked by events in scores of countries around the world on 12 June amid growing concerns over the impact of the economic crisis on child labour, and in particular girls.
• Japan marks 35 years of support for ILO
  05 June 2009 - An exhibition to mark the 35th anniversary of the Japanese Government’s support for the ILO will be held at the ILO’s Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland from 9-30 June.
• ILO Director-General calls for a global jobs pact to urgently tackle the employment and social protection consequences of the economic crisis
  03 June 2009 - Warning of a possible six to eight year employment and social protection crisis due to the economic downturn, International Labour Organization (ILO) Director- General Juan Somavia called on delegates to the 98th International Labour Conference to adopt a “Global Jobs Pact.”
• 98th ILO annual Conference elects officers
  03 June 2009 - The 98th Session of the International Labour Conference, which will run in Geneva till 19 June, opened, electing as its President Mr. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Minister of Labour and Employment and Expatriates of Bangladesh.
• Heads of State, government and leaders from the world of work tackle the global jobs crisis
  02 June 2009 - Some 4,000 representatives of government and employers’ and workers’ organizations are to meet in Geneva on 3-19 June to search during the annual Conference of the International Labour Organization for an effective response to the growing impact of the economic and financial crisis on employment, social protection and the world of work.