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  • November 2005 

    • 21 November 2005, Geneve, Switzerland
      Call to Action
      WDACL this year is not just a one-day event, but instead, the launching of a time-bound campaign to eliminate child labour in mining. The ILO is making a major push to mobilize a broad coalition of partners that will work to see the eradication of child labour in mining.
    • 21 November 2005, Geneve, Switzerland
      Youth Mobilization
      WDACL will be recognized both in Geneva and in concerned countries worldwide on and around the 12th of June. The ILO launched the WDACL and the "12 to 12 Partnership Initiative" to bring attention to the problem and to give impetus to the global movement to eradicate it.
    • 17-22 November 2005, ILO Geneva, Switzerland
      World day against child labour 2005
      This year World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) called our attention to a form of work that is dangerous to children in every way; child labour in quarrying and mining. It is physically dangerous because of the heavy and awkward loads, the strenuousness of the work, the unstable underground structures, the tools, the toxic chemicals, and the exposure to sun and water.
    • 17-28 November 2005, Geneve, Switzerland
      SCREAM – Stop Child Labour - Supporting Children’s Rights through Education, the Arts and Media
      SCREAM is an education and social mobilization initiative, to help educators worldwide promote understanding and awareness of child labour among young people
    • 1-21 November 2005, ILO Geneva
      GB 294th session
      294th Session of the ILO Governing Body
    • 17-24 November 2005, ILO Geneva, Switzerland
      Red Card to Child Labour
      In several sporting disciplines, but especially in football, the red card sanctions faults which are liable to exclusion from the field. In 2002, the ILO and IPEC decided to use the symbol of the red card to raise awareness in preventing, challenging and eliminating child labour.

  • October 2005 

  • September 2005 

    • 21-23 September 2005, ILO Geneva, Switzerland
      Symposium gathering Staff Associations and Unions
      A Symposium gathering Staff Associations and Unions from across the United Nations as well as the two Federations - CCISUA and FICSA - was held in the ILO from 21 to 23 September. The theme under consideration is International Civil Service - Principles and Union rights. ...

  • June 2005 

    • 12 June 2005, Geneve, Switzerland
      World Day Against Child Labour
      An estimated one million children work in small scale mining and quarrying around the world. These children work in some of the worst conditions imaginable, where they face serious risk of work-related death, injury or chronic illness.
    • 12 June 2005, ILO Geneva, Switzerland
      World day against child labour 2005
      The World Day Against Child Labour 2005 focused on one of the most hazardous forms of child labour: children who work in mines and quarries. The World Day Against Child Labour was recognized in countries around the world on 12th June (and on 10th June at ILO Headquarters in Geneva).awareness of child labour among young people. ...
    • 10 June 2005, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
      "A Call to Action" - [pdf 16 KB]
      Global partners and tripartite national delegations express their commitment to work with the ILO to eliminate all child labour in mines and quarries witin a set period of time.

  • March 2005 

  • February 2005 

    • 15-18 February 2005, Budapest, Hungary
      7th ILO European Regional Meeting: "East - West: A common future"
      Every four years, the regions of the ILO meet to discuss the most relevant workplace issues of the day. In 2005, the 7th European Regional Meeting of the ILO has been convened under the theme "East-West: A common future".

  • October 2004 

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  • April 2004 

    • 28 April 2004, Geneve, Switzerland
      World Day for Safety and Health at Work
      The World Day for Safety and Health at Work is intended to focus international attention on the magnitude of the problem and how promoting and creating a safety and health culture can help to reduce the number of work-related deaths each year. Because decent work is safe work.

  • March 2004 

    • 8 March 2004, Geneve, Switzerland
      International Women's Day 2004
      Every year, the ILO celebrates International Women's Day to emphasize its commitment to gender equality and equal recognition. On the schedule this year are a three-day film festival and a panel discussion on women in the judiciary.

  • December 2003 

    • 2-5 December 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethopia
      Tenth African Regional Meeting
      This meeting brings together governments, employers and workers of Africa to discuss ILO's planning activities as well as Decent Work strategies for Africa's development.

  • November 2003 

    • 24 November - 3 December 2003, Geneva, Switzerland
      17th International Conference of Labour Statisticians
      The Conference adopted three resolutions concerning: household income and expenditure statistics, consumer price indices, and further work on the International Standard Classification of Occupations.
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