News

September 2005

1. Eliminating child labour in Latin America will produce major economic benefits, says new ILO study

   22 September 2005

   Eliminating child labour in Latin America within the next 20 years could generate an estimated US$340 billion in economic benefit as a result of children's improved access to universal education and better health care, according to a new study by the International Labour Office (ILO).

2. ILO-IPEC nominated inventor of new ergonomic loom honored with 2005 Tech Museum Award New loom is helping reduce child labour in carpet weaving sector

   21 September 2005

   The inventor of a new "ergonomic" loom that will help reduce the use of child labour in the carpet weaving sector by improving the working conditions and incomes of adult weavers has been awarded the 2005 Tech Museum Prize for pioneering work that benefits society through the use or development of new technologies.

3. Global workplace deaths vastly under-reported, says ILO

   18 September 2005

   Some 2.2 million people die of work-related accidents and diseases each year, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in a new report to be issued Monday at the 17th World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, adding this number may be vastly under estimated due to poor reporting and coverage systems in many countries.

4. Poor workplace nutrition hits workers' health and productivity, says new ILO report

   15 September 2005

   Poor diet on the job is costing countries around the world up to 20 per cent in lost productivity, either due to malnutrition that plagues some one billion people in developing countries or the excess weight and obesity afflicting an equal number mostly in industrialized economies, says a new study by the International Labour Office (ILO).

5. World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, Orlando, Florida 18-22 September ILO to release two new studies on safety, food at work

   14 September 2005

   The ILO will be presenting the results of two new studies on the state of occupational health and safety as well as nutrition in the world of work at the upcoming XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work to be held on 18-22 September in Orlando, Florida.

August 2005

1. ILO issues new publication on international labour standards

   30 August 2005

   The International Labour Office (ILO) has issued a new publication that provides a comprehensive overview of labour standards on issues ranging from forced to child labour, freedom of association and collective bargaining, equality at work and other key workplace concerns.

2. West African government, employer and labour leaders adopt new "roadmap" for migrant labour

   01 August 2005

June 2005

1. ILO Governing Body elects new Chairman Committee on Freedom of Association cites Cambodia, Colombia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Myanmar and Zimbabwe

   17 June 2005

   The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) elected Carlos A. Tomada, Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security of Argentina, as Chairman for its 2005-2006 Session.

2. 93rd annual Conference of the ILO concludes its work Delegates pave the way for urgent action on key labour concerns

   16 June 2005

   More than 3,000 government, employer and worker delegates concluded the 93rd annual Conference of the International Labour Organization today following intense discussions on the need for urgently eliminating forced labour, creating jobs for youth, improving safety at work and tackling what ILO Director-General Juan Somavia called a "global jobs crisis".

3. Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo addresses ILO Conference Decent work, debt relief needed to build a "new Africa"

   10 June 2005

   Noting that employment creation has become "an explicit and central objective" of Africa's economic and social policies, Nigerian President HE Olusegun Obasanjo today urged the continent's development partners to join it in making the decent work agenda of the International Labour Organization (ILO) a global goal.