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2013
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ILO, UNAIDS launch campaign for HIV testing at work
06 June 2013
Stepping up testing is a crucial step in battling HIV. With that in mind, the ILO and UNAIDS have launched a campaign for Voluntary and Confidential HIV Counselling and Testing at the workplace, dubbed VCT@WORK.
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Restrictions on Palestinians hurt peace prospects: ILO
06 June 2013
An ILO report presented at the International Labour Conference urges Israel to lift restrictions on Palestine. It warns that failure to act would jeopardize the prospects of a two-state solution.
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ILO conference opens with call for jobs
05 June 2013
More than 5,000 representatives of governments, employers and workers are in Geneva for the ILO's annual conference. The International Labour Conference will address issues ranging from urgent need for job creation to the impact of demographic change on the world of work.
2012
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Nearly 21 million workers are trapped in forced labour, the ILO warns
01 June 2012
Governments, business leaders and trade unions around the world are being urged by the International Labour Organization to take urgent action to stop forced labour. In its latest report, the ILO says that nearly 21 million people are victims of forced labour. The agency is warning that the number may increase during the current global economic crisis. ILO Radio interviewed with Beate Andrees, Head of the ILO's Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour.
2011
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Closing Speech of the ILO Director-General Juan Somavia at the 100th International Labour Conference
17 June 2011
The annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded its historic 100th session on Friday 17 June after taking a number of steps aimed at moving toward what ILO Director-General Juan Somavia called “a new era of social justice”.
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Celebrating the Adoption of an International Labour Standard for Domestic Workers
17 June 2011
At the entrance of the Assembly Hall at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, domestic workers and trade unionists enthusiastically sang and clapped their hands after the adoption of the Domestic Worker Convention ad Recommendation at the 100th International Labour Conference on June 16. The ILO's Director-General, Juan Somavia, called it a historic moment for domestic workers worldwide.
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Micheline Calmy-Rey, President of the Swiss Confederation Addresses the 100th International Labour Conference
15 June 2011
Audio file in French.
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Audio Coverage of Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia, Address to the 100th International Labour Conference
15 June 2011
In his address to the delegates of the historic 100th International Labour Conference, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke in strong support of the ILO's Global Jobs Pact, and underlined the important role of the ILO and its tripartite structure in shaping economic recovery policies. (In Russian)
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Audio Coverage of H.E. Ms. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Address to the 100th International Labour Conference (in German)
14 June 2011
In the first ever visit of a German Chancellor to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), H.E. Ms. Angela Merkel today addressed the Organization’s annual conference. Speaking to the historic 100th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) Ms Merkel highlighted the increasing role played by the ILO in closer international cooperation. The G8 and G20 meetings would be “unthinkable without the wealth of experience of this Organisation”, she said, adding that the ILO’s involvement was the only way “to give globalization a form, a structure”. (in German)
