News on ILO's work

November 2011

1. Kiribati ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

   01 November 2011

   Kiribati is the second country from the Pacific region, after Marshall Islands, to ratify the landmark Convention.

November 2010

1. Pacific regional tripartite workshop considered ILO Maritime Labour Convention

   30 November 2010

   The workshop that was held in Nadi, Fiji from 27 to 29 October 2010 brought together seafarers, ship-owners and government labour and maritime officers from Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu to promote the ratification and implementation of the MLC, adopted by the ILO’s International Labour Conference in 2006.