News on ILO's work

March 2012

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

   05 March 2012

   Tuvalu is the fifth member State from the Asia-Pacific region – after Australia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands and Singapore – to have ratified 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.