Official reports

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Meeting documents

International Labour Conference documents and proceedings
Governing Body documents
Other meeting documents
- ILO High-Level Tripartite Seminar "Settlement of Labour Disputes through Mediation, Conciliation, Arbitration and Labour Court" - Nicosia, Cyprus, 18 - 19 October 2007
- International Association of Labour Inspection (IALI) Conference
  18 - 20 April 2007, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Director-General's reports

Director-General’s introduction to the International Labour Conference: Decent work for sustainable development - [pdf 246 KB]
The Decent Work Agenda in Africa: 2007–2015; Report of the Director-General to the Eleventh African Regional Meeting, Addis Ababa, April 2007 - [pdf 314 KB]
ILO activities in Africa, 2004-2006; Report of the Director-General to the Eleventh African Regional Meeting, Addis Ababa, April 2007 - [pdf 259 KB]
Describes the progress, results and outcomes of ILO action between 2004 and 2006 to help member States implement the Ouagadougou Summit’s commitments at the continental, regional and national levels.
Decent work in Asia : reporting on results 2001-2005 : report of the Director-General, Fourteenth Asian Regional Meeting, Busan, Republic of Korea, August-September 2006 - [pdf 493 KB] - Buy now
Reviews the achievements in international, regional and national developments relating to fundamental rights, employment, social protection, and social dialogue.
Realizing decent work in Asia: report of the Director-General, Fourteenth Asian Regional Meeting, Busan, Republic of Korea, August-September 2006 - [pdf 346 KB]
Decent work in the Americas : An agenda for the Hemisphere, 2006-15 ; Sixteenth American Regional Meeting, Brasilia, May 2006 - [pdf 376 KB] - Buy now
Offers countries in the region a plan of action for 2006-15, with general and specific policy recommendations including a set of concrete targets that can be adapted to the particular situation in individual countries.
ILO activities in the Americas, 2003-2006; Report of the Director-General to the Sixteenth American Regional Meeting, Brasilia, May 2006 - [pdf 289 KB]
The report, prepared for the ILO’s 16th American Regional Meeting in Brasilia, 2006, looks at the progress and outcomes of the ILO’s programmes in the region to date.
Organizing for Social Justice - Global Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work - [pdf 459 KB]
Freedom of association, and the recognition of the right to bargain collectively, are not only fundamental human rights at work, but also vital elements of economic, social and political processes. ...
A global alliance against forced labour, Global Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work 2005 - [pdf 1372 KB]
This ground-breaking report is the most comprehensive account of contemporary forced labour to date. It provides the first global and regional estimates by an international organization of forced labour in the world today, including the number of people affected and how many of them are victims of trafficking, as well as of the profits made by the criminals exploiting trafficked workers.
The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories. Report of the Director-General to the International Labour Conference, 93rd Session, International Labour Office, Geneva 2005. - [pdf 597 KB]

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Special reports

Global Report: "Equality at work: Tackling the challenge" - [pdf 1750 KB]
Provides a global picture of job-related discrimination, citing both progress and failures in the struggle to fight discrimination ranging from traditional forms such as sex, race or religion, to newer forms based on age, sexual orientation, HIV/AIDS status and disability.
Global Employment Trends for Youth 2006 - [pdf 506 KB]
The report emphasizes that today's youth face serious vulnerabilities in the world of work and warns that a lack of decent work, if experienced at an early age, may permanently compromise their future employment prospects. The report adds urgency to the UN call for development of strategies aimed at giving young people a chance to maximize their productive potential through decent employment.
Global Employment Trends for Youth 2004 - [pdf 802 KB]
This report continues the ILO Global Employment Trends series to provide a valuable analysis of the current labour market trends of young people. It incorporates the most recent information available in order to shed light on the possible factors contributing to the increasing difficulties youth face today when trying to enter the labour force.