News
February 2001
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Press release
Financial sector workforce hit by mergers and acquisitions "Human Factor" is key element in success rates for merged companies
05 February 2001
GENEVA (ILO News) - The decade long wave of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) thatis reshaping the world's banking and financial service sectors is accelerating aggregateemployment declines in an industry that was traditionally characterized by stable and evenlifetime employment, according to an ILO report released in Geneva today for a tripartitemeeting of industry experts.
January 2001
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Press release
International Shipping Industry Adopts "Geneva Accord"
26 January 2001
GENEVA (ILO News) - The 29 th session of the Joint Maritime Commission today announced a major agreement, known as the Geneva Accord, designed to improve safety and working conditions in the maritime industry.
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ILO calls on UN General Assembly Special Session to emphasize child labour
26 January 2001
GENEVA (ILO News) - The International Labour Office (ILO) is urging that the global scourge of child labour be a major focus of the upcoming United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children.
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ILO's World Employment Report 2001: Despite Improved Employment Outlook, Digital Divide Looms Large
24 January 2001
GENEVA (ILO News) - Despite improvements in labour market performance in industrialized countries and the growing potential of information technology to create jobs and spur development, the global employment picture remains "deeply flawed" for workers in many parts of the world, according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO).
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Press release
ILO Body To Consider New "Bill of Rights" for Seafarers
19 January 2001
GENEVA (ILO News) - The Joint Maritime Commission (JMC) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) opens a five-day meeting here Monday to consider updating the minimum wage for able seafarers, and to fashion a new "bill of rights" for all seafarers on the high seas.
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Press release
The future of decent work in the global economy: High-level group of experts to debate future trends in work, Employment and social protection
16 January 2001
GENEVA (ILO News) - The future of work, employment and social protection in the global economy will be the focus of a high-level international conference of international experts organized jointly by the French Ministry of Employment and Solidarity and the International Institute for Labour Studies of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Annecy, France, 18-19 January, at the Hôtel Impérial.
December 2000
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Press release
ILO Joins Celebration of United Nations' International Migrants Day
18 December 2000
GENEVA (ILO News) - On the occasion of the first UN International Migrants Day, Mr. Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Office (ILO) underscored the large and growing contribution to the global economy made by the world's more than 100 million migrants, immigrants and their families: "Migrant workers provide valuable services with their labour and furnish an often invisible subsidy to the national economies that receive them. They work in factories, produce food, provide domestic service, staff hospitals and contribute to a wide range of basic needs, often for low wages and with little recognition of the value of their contribution."
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ILO urges training to offset European "skills gap" in Informationand Communications Technology as Sixth European Regional Meeting Convenes in Geneva
11 December 2000
GENEVA (ILO News) - The "skills gap" in Europe's information and communications technology (ICT) workforce risks becoming "a critical bottleneck to the expansion of ICT industries" according to a report prepared for the ILO's Sixth European Regional Meeting , which meets in Geneva from 12 to 15 December.
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Ilo Sees Further Sharp Drop in African Labour Force Due to HIV/AIDS
01 December 2000
GENEVA (ILO News) - In the face of new projections which show a sharp decline in the size of Africa's workforce due to AIDS, the International Labour Organization (ILO) today announced plans for a new programme against HIV/AIDS in the workplace aimed at helping governments, workers and employers in their struggle with the disease.
November 2000
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Press release
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Joins the ILO
28 November 2000
GENEVA (ILO News) - Following the adoption of the resolution 55/12 by the United Nations General Assembly under which the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was admitted in the membership of the United Nations, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has joined, on 24 November 2000, the International Labour Organization following the Government's acceptance of the obligations of membership as laid down in the Organization's Constitution.