News

October 2012

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   International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

   Guy Ryder: New direction needed if poverty is to be beaten

   17 October 2012

   Decent Work and full employment must be key goals in the fight against poverty, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.

July 2012

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   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 2011

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   News item

   High-level panels to examine global jobs crisis, balanced growth and decent work

   07 June 2011

October 2009

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   Better Work programme

   International buyers get behind the Haitian garment industry

   07 October 2009

   Better Work, the unique partnership programme of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), organized the first-ever international buyers forum in Haiti recently as part of a new project that is expected to create jobs and promote sustainable development and responsible labour practices in the country’s apparel industry.

December 2005

1. News item

   New impetus for co-ordinated approach to ship recycling through new legally binding instrument Issued jointly by IMO, ILO and the Basel Convention

   15 December 2005

2. News item

   UN agencies seek a coordinated approach to ship scrapping

   09 December 2005