News

July 2007

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.

June 2007

Ambassador of Sri Lanka elected new Chairman of ILO Governing Body: Committee on Freedom of Association cites Cambodia, Colombia and the Philippines

15 June 2007

The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) elected H.E. Mr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva, as Chairman for its 2007-08 Session.
President of Sri Lanka expresses support for ILO Decent Work Agenda: Focus on improving lives of workers, especially in rural areas

15 June 2007

The President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, H.E. Mahinda Rajapaksa today expressed support for the Decent Work Agenda of the International Labour Organization (ILO) as “central to peoples’ lives.”
Conference concludes with adoption of new standards on fishing sector, approaches to sustainable development and measures to promote decent work

15 June 2007

The 96th annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded its 15-day run here today after adopting a comprehensive new set of labour standards for the fishing industry and holding extensive discussions on new approaches to promoting sustainable enterprises and decent work.
ILO awards first Decent Work Research Prize to Nelson Mandela and Carmelo Mesa-Lago

15 June 2007

The International Labour Organization today awarded its first annual Decent Work Research Prize to Nobel peace laureate and former South African President Nelson Mandela and to the eminent academic and specialist in social security, Professor Carmelo Mesa-Lago, citing their contributions to improving the lives of people around the world.
ILO adopts comprehensive new labour standards for millions in the world’s fishing sector

14 June 2007

Innovative new labour standards designed to improve the conditions for roughly 30 million men and women working in the fishing sector worldwide were adopted today at the 96th annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
His Royal Highness Felipe de Borbón, Prince of Asturias, highlights the need to “humanize” economic change

13 June 2007

Addressing government, worker and employer delegates at the annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO), His Royal Highness Felipe de Borbón, Prince of Asturias today highlighted the need to “humanize” economic change and ensure that globalization offers “real advantages for all”.
President of Senegal says Decent Work is the key to economic and social development

12 June 2007

The President of the Republic of Senegal, Mr. Abdoulaye Wade, today told the plenary session of the 96th annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) that economic and social development must be based on Decent Work.
Jamaican Prime Minister calls ILO’s Decent Work Agenda critical to overcoming poverty - Warns of “human tsunami of frustration, rage and rebellion”

12 June 2007

The Decent Work Agenda is critical to stemming a potential “human tsunami of frustration” over the devastating effects of poverty, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson Miller, said today in an address to government, employer and worker delegates to the annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
World Day Against Child Labour 2007: New global partnership against child labour in agriculture

12 June 2007

The International Labour Organization (ILO) today joined forces with five key international agricultural organizations to launch a new landmark global partnership to tackle child labour in agriculture.