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July 2012

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   News item

   Cooperatives: Resilient to crises, key to sustainable growth

   06 July 2012

   In a message marking International Day of Cooperatives, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia salutes the approximately one billion people worldwide who are involved in cooperatives.

June 2012

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   News item

   ILO lifts restrictions on Myanmar

   13 June 2012

   The International Labour Organization has lifted its restrictions on the full participation of Myanmar in its activities and decided to review the progress on the elimination of forced labour in the country next year.

August 2011

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   Feature story

   Questions and answers on the hidden reality of children in domestic work

   08 August 2011

   The recently approved ILO Convention No. 189 and Recommendation No. 201 on decent work for domestic workers aim to protect and improve working and living conditions of millions of workers worldwide, who have few – if any – labour rights. Many are children who spend long hours working as domestic helpers, performing tasks such as cleaning, ironing, cooking, minding other children and gardening instead of being at school. ILO News spoke to ILO experts Martin Oelz (TRAVAIL) and José M. Ramírez (IPEC) on the current situation of child domestic workers and how the new Convention and Recommendation can help impact their lives.

June 2010

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   Video

   Delegate Dialogues: Thembi Nene-Shezi, Chairperson of the HIV/AIDS Committee and Senior Executive Manager, Department of Labour, South Africa

   17 June 2010

   ILO TV interviews delegates participating in the Committee for HIV/AIDS at the 99th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva from 2-18 June 2010. The committee members discussed a proposed new labour standard on HIV/AIDS in the world of work, which was adopted by delegates at the end of the conference. The standard contains provisions on prevention programmes and anti-discrimination measures at national and workplace levels aimed at strengthening the contribution of the world of work to universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.

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   Video

   Delegates from 99th International Labour Conference Vote in Favour of New International Labour Standard on HIV/AIDS

   17 June 2010