News

November 2006

1. ILO calls for strengthening labour inspection worldwide

   16 November 2006

   The International Labour Office (ILO) today proposed a new series of measures designed to "reinvigorate", modernize and strengthen labour inspectorates worldwide, in a move to boost the implementation of labour laws on the working conditions that protect the rights of millions of workers worldwide.

2. The ILO formally recognizes the newly created International Trade Union Confederation

   15 November 2006

   Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) today officially granted general consultative status to the newly-formed International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).

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   ILO Governing Body opens 297th session: Labour situation in Belarus and Myanmar will be discussed, along with youth employment and labour inspection

   02 November 2006

   The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) will address a wide range of issues at its 297th session beginning here today, including basic labour rights in Myanmar and Belarus, the ILO response to the post-crisis situation in Lebanon and the latest report of the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association.

4. ILO Director-General lauds formation of new global union federation representing 166 million workers Globalization makes ILO's labour standards increasingly essential

   01 November 2006

   The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Juan Somavia today urged the 166 million strong new international trade union confederation to grasp the opportunity for tripartism to translate the ILO's Decent Work Agenda from a global goal to national reality.

October 2006

1. New ILO study says youth unemployment rising, with hundreds of millions more working but living in poverty

   27 October 2006

   The number of unemployed youth aged 15 to 24 rose over the past decade, while hundreds of millions more are working but living in poverty, according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO).

2. ILO to launch new report on youth employment trends

   23 October 2006

   A major new study on youth employment trends, as well as the number of youth living in poverty is to be published by the International Labour Office (ILO).

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   International road transport at the crossroads: Economy, drivers take the load of delays, says new ILO report

   20 October 2006

   Excessive border delays, inefficient or corrupt border officials and drivers' vulnerability to sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDS put the international road transport sector at risk, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

4. ILO Director-General Juan Somavia hails awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank

   13 October 2006

   General of the International Labour Office (ILO), Juan Somavia, today issued the following statement on the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006 to Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank:

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   Clôture de la Réunion des ministres du Travail du G8. Le nombre croissant de sans-emploi appelle une réponse mondiale, selon le Directeur général de l'OIT

   10 October 2006

   ""Aujourd'hui, nous faisons face à une crise de l'emploi mondiale qui appelle à une réponse mondiale", a déclaré le Directeur général de l'OIT Juan Somavia lors de la réunion des ministres du Travail et de l'Emploi du G8 à Moscou.

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   ILO Decent Work Research Prize 2007: Call for nominations

   09 October 2006

   The International Labour Organization today called for nominations for the first " ILO Decent Work Research Prize", to be awarded annually to an individual for their outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge about the ILO's central goal of decent work for all.