News on ILO's work

June 2013

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   Mexico and the ILO sign cooperation agreement on social protection floors

   17 June 2013

   The agreement was signed by the Minister of Labour and Social Protection of Mexico, Alfonso Navarrete Prida, and ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, during the International Labour Conference in Geneva.

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   The role of trade unions in the Post 2015 development agenda

   03 June 2013

   The Special Advisor of the UN Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning, Ms. Amina Mohammed, aims to involve unions in the planning and implementation of the Post-2015 Development Agenda objectives. In this interview with the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV), she expresses her views on the ILO decent work agenda and the role of international labour standards and social dialogue.

April 2013

1. 

   ILO report shows why social protection is crucial to tackle child labour

   29 April 2013

   Measures such as cash transfers or health insurance programmes can sometimes determine whether a child spends the day studying and playing, or working and being deprived of a fair chance at a decent future.

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   © Gianluigi Guercia / AFP 2013

   ILO calls for urgent global action to fight occupational diseases

   26 April 2013

   According to a new ILO report, prevention is key to tackling the growing number of work-related diseases, which claim an estimated 2 million lives per year.