Press releases

April 2013

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   © Munir uz Zaman / AFP 2013

   ILO to send high-level mission to Bangladesh following the Rana Plaza Building collapse

   29 April 2013

   ILO Director-General Guy Ryder says it is time for horror and regret to translate into urgent action.

2. 

   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.

4. 

   © Lejia Lombardi, IDB photograph 2013

   ILO, IDB sign agreement to promote more and better jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean

   22 April 2013

5. 

   Media accreditation information for the 102nd ILO International Labour Conference

   17 April 2013

6. 

   ILO and Fair Work Commission sign MOU on labour dispute resolution

   15 April 2013

   The ILO and the Australian workplace relations tribunal signed a memorandum of understanding to provide technical assistance in the area of labour dispute resolution.

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   © Kilian Munch / ILO 2013

   Confidence can be restored in Europe, ILO says

   11 April 2013

   Government, worker and employer representatives from 51 European and Central Asian ILO member States adopt a resolution to promote growth and jobs in the region.

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   © Kilian Munch / ILO 2013

   Jobs for youth: What works

   10 April 2013

   Ministers at the 9th ILO’s European Regional Meeting in Oslo, discuss possible solutions to the youth employment crisis.

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   © Kilian Munch / ILO 2013

   ILO Director-General urges closer cooperation between IMF, EC and ILO

   09 April 2013

   The three international institutions need to work together to find solutions to the economic crisis in Europe, says Guy Ryder.

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    Tricked and trapped: How migrant workers are getting a raw deal in the Middle East

    09 April 2013

    ILO reveals how an estimated 600,000 migrant workers are tricked and trapped into forced labour across the Middle East at the first-ever tripartite regional conference on human trafficking.