May 2006

1. Press release

   ILO annual Conference gets underway with election of officers

   31 May 2006

   The 95th Session of the International Labour Conference, which will run here till 16 June, opened today, electing as its President Mr. Cestmir Sajda, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic.

2. Press release

   95th International Labour Conference opens 31st May

   30 May 2006

   Some 3,000 government, worker and employer leaders from the world of work are to meet here from 31 May to 16 June for the annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) to discuss issues ranging from changing patterns in the world of work to child labour, occupational safety and health, the employment relationship, labour inspection, and the labour situation in Myanmar and other countries.

3. Press release

   New ILO report on the situation of workers in occupied Arab territories

   26 May 2006

   The annual report of the International Labour Office (ILO) on the situation of workers in the occupied Arab territories says poverty and unemployment continues to worsen despite a moderate economic upturn last year.

4. Press release

   Media Advisory: 95th International Labour Conference, 31 May - 16 June 2006

   19 May 2006

   The 95th International Labour Conference (ILC) will take place from 31 May to 16 June 2006 in the Palais des Nations, 8-14 avenue de la Paix, Geneva, Switzerland. The Conference is the annual tripartite meeting of the International Labour Organization's 178 member States. Here is some basic information for journalists wishing to cover this event (for more details on the ILO Conference programme, please see the ILO web site www.ilo.org or the conference preview press release to be published on 30 May).

5. Press release

   Mining experts adopt new Code of Practice on safety and health in underground coalmines

   17 May 2006

   Experts representing workers, employers and governments, meeting at the International Labour Organization (ILO), adopted a new Code of Practice on Safety and Health in Underground Coalmines designed to improve the safety and health of those who are involved in one of the world's highest risk activities.

6. Press release

   ILO/UNAIDS Meeting on HIV/AIDS and the world of work in Latin America and the Caribbean The ILO calls for greater mobilization to tackle the problem of AIDS in the workplace

   09 May 2006

   The ILO today highlighted the need for greater mobilization against HIV/AIDS in the workplace in Latin America and the Caribbean in order to combat discrimination and enhance preventive action in response to a pandemic which affects mainly people of working age.

7. Press release

   Sixteenth American Regional Meeting of the ILO comes to an end Government, employer and worker delegates announce the start of a Decade of promoting decent work in the Americas

   08 May 2006

   The Sixteenth American Regional Meeting of the ILO concluded today with the announcement by governments, employers and workers of the start of a Decade of promoting decent work in the Americas.

8. Press release

   ILO Meeting of Experts to discuss new Code of Practice on coal mine safety

   08 May 2006

   In an effort to modernize safety and health regulations in underground coal mines, representatives of workers, employers and governments meet here on 8-13 May to discuss a draft Code of Practice for one of the world's most hazardous occupations.

9. Press release

   Sixteenth American Regional Meeting of the ILO opens in Brasilia

   04 May 2006

   The Sixteenth American Regional Meeting of the International Labour Organization opened here Wednesday with a call by ILO Director-General Juan Somavia for "a decent work decade" to be launched to "improve prospects for democratic governance and security in the hemisphere".

10. 

    Press release

    New ILO Report shows marked decline in child labour worldwide Believes its worst forms can be eliminated in 10 years

    04 May 2006

    Child labour, especially in its worst forms, is in decline for the first time across the globe, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said today, in a new, cautiously optimistic report entitled The end of child labour: Within reach.