News

October 2006

1. 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).

3. 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.

September 2006

1. ILO hosts interagency meeting to discuss avian flu and workplace impact and response

   26 September 2006

   The International Labour Office (ILO) is to host an interagency meeting here which will provide an opportunity to examine critical occupational safety and health, employment and livelihood issues in the context of a recent UN Action Plan with regard to the potential spread of the avian flu virus.

2. New technologies will boost productivity, but also impact employment in retail, says ILO report

   15 September 2006

   The introduction of new technologies will be one of the driving factors contributing to productivity gains in the retail sector but will also affect the levels and quality of employment, says a new ILO report.

3. International Labour Review: special issue on migration

   11 September 2006

   As world leaders gather in New York to discuss global migration, the ILO has just published a new series of in-depth articles about global migration for work.

4. ILO Asian Regional Meeting concludes its work and launches decent work decade

   01 September 2006

   Worker, employer and government leaders concluded the 14th Asian Regional Meeting of the International Labour Organization (ILO) today by launching an "Asian Decent Work Decade" aimed at linking the goal of decent work with the global poverty reduction agenda.

August 2006

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   ILO opens 14th Asian Regional Meeting Calls for new initiatives on job creation and decent work

   29 August 2006

   Citing the need to create some 250 million new jobs in the region over the next decade, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) opened its 14th Asian Regional Meeting here today by calling for new initiatives aimed at eliminating what he called the "decent work deficit".