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October 2010

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   Entrevistas en vídeo

   ILO Director-General Juan Somavia highlights the courage of the 33 Chilean miners

   13 October 2010

   With the rescue team still at work, ILO Director General Juan Somavia spoke with ILO TV and emphasized the strength and courage of the 33 trapped Chilean miners, their families and the Chilean people who together made possible what seemed so impossible.

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   Michelle Bachelet Addresses the Second African Decent Work Symposium

   08 October 2010

   Michelle Bachelet, former Chilean President and current Head of UN Women addresses the Second African Decent Work Symposium, held in Yaoundé on 6-8 October 2010. She highlighted the importance of the role of social protection in national development and stressed how essential political will is in mobilizing the necesssary resources to reach the large part of the population currently excluded from social protection benefits.