News

November 2012

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   Post-2015 development agenda

   Beyond the MDGs: It’s all about jobs and livelihoods

   18 November 2012

   As the debate on the post-Millennium Development Goals agenda gathers pace, the ILO says the most pressing priorities are job creation and social protection.

June 2012

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   News

   Prioritize ‘full employment’, says Italian President

   13 June 2012

   Italy’s President tells delegates to the International Labour Conference that social protection for all is key to a fair global development.

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   News

   Social protection expands despite crisis, ILO-World Bank report says

   07 June 2012

   A new ILO-World Bank report and online data tool shows that social protection systems expanded in many parts of the world between 2008 and 2010.

May 2012

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   News

   Eurozone: “Extreme policies could produce extreme reactions”, ILO head warns

   30 May 2012

   ILO Chief cautions against harsh policies that could provoke a reaction from people in the hardest hit Eurozone countries.

December 2011

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   News

   ILO sets the tone at the 16th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA)

   01 December 2011

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) is organizing and participating in a series of events to highlight the importance of reducing stigma and discrimination in the workplace at ICASA, which opens Sunday, 4 December, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the theme “Own, Scale-up and Sustain”.

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   News

   Global South-South Development Expo 2011: ILO Solution Exchange Forum on social protection, decent work and food security

   01 December 2011

   As part of the forthcoming 2011 Global South-South Development Expo, the International Labour Organization (ILO) will be hosting a Solution Exchange Forum on social protection, decent work and food security on 6 December at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

November 2011

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   News

   Kuwait contributes US$500,000 to promote decent work in the occupied Palestinian territory

   15 November 2011

   Kuwait grants ILO half a million dollars to promote Palestinian job creation, social dialogue and social protection.

October 2011

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   News

   UN panel calls for global ‘protection floor’ with income security and health services

   28 October 2011

   With more than five out of every seven people in the world lacking adequate social security, a high-level United Nations panel called for guaranteeing basic income and services for all, not only as a means to ensure peace and stability but also to boost economic growth.

2. News

   G20 Summit at Cannes: priorities, challenges and actions

   05 October 2011

   Ambassador Jean-David Levitte outlines France’s priorities for the G20 Summit in Cannes, 3-4 November 2011.