News

February 2006

1. International Women's Day 2006 to focus on women in sport

   17 February 2006

   The International Labour Office (ILO) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are to host a range of events for International Women's Day on 8 March, including a round-table discussion on women in sports featuring international sports personalities and the presentation of the IOC's annual "Women in Sport" awards.

2. 33 tons of warm clothing collected by ILO personnel for Pakistan quake victims

   09 February 2006

   Thirty-three tons of warm clothes collected locally under an initiative launched by a group of staff of the International Labour Office left the ILO building today bound for Pakistan quake victims.

3. ILO opens 94th International Labour Conference, Maritime Session

   07 February 2006

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) began consideration today of a draft Convention on maritime labour standards, which if adopted will represent the most sweeping and comprehensive global legal instrument ever forged regarding the world's shipowners, seafarers and maritime nations.

4. ILO to adopt 'bill of rights' for seafarers

   06 February 2006

   The first Maritime Session of the International Labour Conference of the 21st century scheduled here between 7-23 February 2006 will consider a major new international labour instrument, the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.

5. 94th (maritime) session of the International Labour Conference 7-23 February 2006

   01 February 2006

   The 94th (Maritime) Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) opens here on 7 February and will discuss a sweeping new maritime convention that consolidates international law on the working conditions of the world's 1.2 million seafarers. It is without doubt the most far-reaching international Conference on maritime labour issues held since the founding of the ILO in 1919.

January 2006

1. ILO Director-General warns of "unprecedented jobs crisis" Hails World Economic Forum focus on jobs creation

   25 January 2006

   The world is facing an "unprecedented global jobs crisis of mammoth proportions", the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) said today in a statement issued for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) taking place here.

2. ILO annual jobs report says global unemployment continues to grow, youth now make up half those out of work

   24 January 2006

   The number of people unemployed worldwide climbed to new heights in 2005, as robust economic growth failed to offset an increase in people seeking work - especially among the vast and growing legion of jobless youth, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in its annual Global Employment Trends released today.

December 2005

1. New impetus for co-ordinated approach to ship recycling through new legally binding instrument Issued jointly by IMO, ILO and the Basel Convention

   15 December 2005

2. Globalization failing to create new, quality jobs or reduce poverty: ILO report sees wide gaps in wages, productivity gains

   09 December 2005

   Global economic growth is increasingly failing to translate into new and better jobs that lead to a reduction in poverty, according to a new report issued by the International Labour Office (ILO) here today. In the report, the ILO points out that within this global trend, different regions show mixed results in terms of job creation, productivity results, wage improvements and poverty reduction.

3. UN agencies seek a coordinated approach to ship scrapping

   09 December 2005