News

July 2006

1. International Microfinance Training opts for Turin (Italy) as world capital

   14 July 2006

   Over 260 international microfinance experts will meet in Turin (17 July - 4 August) for the 3-week programme "Boulder Microfinance Training", the most prestigious microfinance training event in the world, which has been hosted since the International Year of Microcredit 2005 by the International Training of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Turin, Italy.

2. ILO hails new UN Declaration on strengthening global efforts to promote Decent Work for poverty reduction and sustainable development

   06 July 2006

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) today hailed the adoption by the United Nations of a Ministerial Declaration on full and productive employment and decent work, saying it would help strengthen efforts by the UN and the multilateral system aimed at creating jobs, cutting poverty and providing new hope for the world's 1.4 billion working poor during the next decade.

June 2006

1. Europe takes steps to combat trafficking for forced labour

   27 June 2006

   Global alliance required to halt the trafficking of 2.4 million people worldwide.

2. 

   ILO's 95th annual Conference concludes

   16 June 2006

   The 95th Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded its work here today following extensive debates centred on the profoundly changing patterns in the world of work and promoting decent work in the 21st Century.

3. ILO to receive support in cash and kind for promotion of safety and health in the workplace
   Düsseldorf Trade Fair and Federal Association for Occupational Safety and Health will fund international conferences on safety and health at work

   15 June 2006

   Some 2.2 million people die each year through work-related accidents and diseases, according to ILO statistics. This figure alone illustrates the importance of improved safety and health conditions in the workplace.

4. 

   ILO adopts new measures on occupational safety and health, the employment relationship, asbestos

   15 June 2006

   The 95th annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) has adopted a series of standards and measures addressing health and safety of workers and flexibile working arrangements.

5. 

   New forms of violence at work on the rise worldwide, says the ILO

   14 June 2006

   Violence at work, ranging from bullying and mobbing, to threats by psychologically unstable co-workers, sexual harassment and homicide, is increasing worldwide and has reached epidemic levels in some countries, according to a new ILO publication.

6. South African elected new Chairman of ILO Governing Body Committee on Freedom of Association cites Cambodia, Djibouti, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Zimbabwe

   12 June 2006

   The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) elected Mr. Membathisi Mphumzi Shepherd Mdladlana, Minister of Labour of the Republic of South Africa, as Chairman for its 2006-07 Session.

7. President of Costa Rica H.E. Oscar Arias addresses International Labour Conference "Decent employment lies at the heart of peace"

   08 June 2006

   "Decent employment lies at the heart of peace", H.E. Oscar Arias, President of the Republic of Costa Rica, told delegates to the annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) today. The President called for concrete measures to ensure a fairer globalization and an initiative to reduce spending in the arms race.

8. H.E. Ms. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia, addresses ILO annual Conference Calls for urgent action for peace and development as unemployment reaches estimated 85 per cent

   07 June 2006

   Facing an unemployment level that has risen to an estimated 85 per cent, Liberia requires immediate support to create sustainable conditions for peace and development, H.E. Ms. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia, told the annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) here today.