News

April 2009

1. Note to Correspondents: The ILO and the quest for social justice: ILO launches new history to mark 90th anniversary

   24 April 2009

   The International Labour Organization is to launch a book on the events, values and key ideas that have guided ILO action over the past nine decades and provide a roadmap for its future, as part of a series of events being held worldwide to mark the ILO 90th anniversary.

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   Media Advisory: Seminar to examine social security in times of crisis: Impact, challenges and responses – Geneva, 24-25 April 2009

   23 April 2009

   Social security programmes worldwide are facing exceptional challenges imposed by the global financial crisis and are responding in innovative ways. An international seminar this week will hear how social security funds have suffered unprecedented losses in 2008, while simultaneously experiencing a significant increase in demand.

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   ILO marks its 90th anniversary with global dialogue for decent work and a fair globalization

   20 April 2009

   Amid the worst financial and jobs crisis since the Great Depression, the International Labour Organization (ILO) will mark its 90th anniversary in the week of 21-28 April. During this period, there will be a global convergence on the common theme of social dialogue on decent work for a fair globalization in commemorative events in more than 100 countries across the world.

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   ILO Launches Third Call for Proposals to Promote Cooperatives in Africa

   14 April 2009

   The International Labour Organization announced the launch of a third call for proposals to promote cooperatives through the Cooperative Facility for Africa programme.

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   Media advisory - ILO to mark its 90th anniversary

   07 April 2009

   The International Labour Organization is to mark its 90th anniversary with a series of events and activities held around the world by governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations representing its 182 member states.

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   ILO Tripartite Caribbean Conference outlines action plan for addressing social and labour consequences of global financial crisis

   06 April 2009

   High-level representatives of governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations of the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean have come up with an action plan to address the social and labour consequences of the global financial crisis in the region. The action plan, presented under nine guiding principles, was put forward at the conclusion of the two-day International Labour Organization Tripartite Caribbean Conference which ended on 2 April 2009 in Kingston, Jamaica.

7. ILO Director-General calls London G20 Summit "an important step forward on a difficult road"

   03 April 2009

   The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Juan Somavia welcomed the outcome of the London G20 Summit, saying that “The leaders of the G20 have made significant progress in consolidating a coordinated international response to the deepening global crisis".

March 2009

1. ILO Tripartite Caribbean Conference to discuss social and labour dimensions of global financial crisis

   31 March 2009

   Ministers of Labour and other high-level representatives of the Ministries of Labour, and of employers’ and workers’ organizations of the English-and Dutch-speaking Caribbean will meet at an International Labour Organization Tripartite Caribbean Conference on the global financial crisis on 1-2 April 2009 in Kingston, Jamaica.

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   Call for employment and social policies to drive growth and recovery

   30 March 2009

   At a special G8+6 Social Summit, International Labour Organization Director-General Juan Somavia called for new employment and social protection policies to drive economic growth and a recovery from the global economic crisis.

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   ILO Governing Body concludes discussions on policy responses to global economic and jobs crisis

   27 March 2009

   The International Labour Office Governing Body concluded its discussions on the financial and economic global crisis, recommending a series of measures aimed at mitigating its impact and shaping a sustainable recovery.