News

May 2008

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   Launch of a new UN System-wide workplace programme on HIV

   09 May 2008

   HIV is having a serious impact not just on our work, but also in our workplace. Absences, illnesses and deaths due to HIV and AIDS have profound implications for staff, their families, and for the UN. Even in countries where HIV is less visible, the UN has an obligation to act. A New UN System-wide Workplace Programme HIV entitled UN Cares has been developed to reduce the impact of HIV in the workplace by supporting "universal access" to a comprehensive range of benefits for all UN personnel and their families - including prevention, treatment, care and support.

July 2007

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   News

   UN ECOSOC reiterates strong support for ILO Decent work Agenda

   12 July 2007

   In a Ministerial declaration of the 2007 high-level segment of ECOSOC adopted on 10 July, the UN body reiterated its strong support for fair globalization and the need to translate growth into reduction of poverty.

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   The CEB Toolkit for Mainstreaming Employment and Decent Work presented at the ECOSOC

   06 July 2007

   One year ago, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) approved a Ministerial Declaration encouraging the UN system to develop a toolkit to promote decent work. Since then the ILO has worked closely with other agencies through the Chief Executives Board (CEB) chaired by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The final product, a CEB Toolkit for Mainstreaming Employment and Decent Work, is designed to help organizations throughout the multilateral system assess and improve employment and decent work outcomes of their own policies, programmes and activities.