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Press releases

• 28 April 2008: World Day for Safety and Health at Work ─ Worldwide events to mobilize workers, employers and governments on managing risks at work
  23 April 2008 - The world of work is to mark the World Day for Safety and Health at Work this year on 28 April, amid a new call by the International Labour Office (ILO) for managing risks in the work environment to reduce both the human and the economic burdens of work-related accidents and ill health. (ILO/08/12)
  • Labour is not a commodity and markets must serve people: Message by the Director-General of the ILO on the occasion of World Day for Safety and Health at Work
• ILO sees a significant improvement in Workplace attitudes to HIV/AIDS
  14 April 2008 - New report says some 1 million workers in 24 countries are now benefiting from the HIV/AIDS strategic responses in Enterprises (SHARE) project. (ILO/08/11)

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Feature articles

• Promoting better work in global supply chains: Cambodian garment workers show talent
  02 May 2008 - Better Factories Cambodia, a joint initiative of the ILO and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, is often cited as an example of how closer links between the two organizations can improve labour practices and competitiveness in global supply chains. ... (FTR/08/factories_cambodia)
• World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2008 - “Superman has fallen”: Managing risk in the work environment
  24 April 2008 - Each year, an estimated 2.2 million people die from work-related accidents and diseases around the world, according to the ILO which says that work related deaths appear to be on the rise. But risks can be eliminated or minimized at source, says a new ILO report published for World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April. ... (FTR/08/osh_korea)

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I-news

• 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. ... (INEWS/08/UN_cares)
  • UN Cares website
• 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.” (INEWS/08/BKK_asean)
  • Address by Juan Somavia to the 20th ASEAN Labour Ministers’ Meeting in Bangkok - 8 May 2008

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Video

• Luxembourg Ratifies 20 ILO Conventions and Protocols - Signing Ceremony -
  08 April 2008 - Jean Feyder, Permanent Representative of the Great Duchy of Luxembourg to the United Nations, delivered 20 instruments of ratification today to the ILO. Many of the 18 ILO conventions and two protocols ratified by Luxembourg's parliament are concerned with occupational safety and health. ...
• Technical Cooperation at the ILO: Making Decent Work a Reality -
  04 April 2008 - The International Labour Organization now conducts more than a 1,000 technical cooperation programs in over 80 countries with the help of some 60 donor institutions worldwide. ...

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