News

October 2004

1. Report of ILO Commission of Inquiry says trade union independence has been undermined in Belarus

   08 October 2004

   According to a report ( Note 1) issued by an ILO Commission of Inquiry, several acts by the Government of Belarus give rise to the conclusion that the Belarus trade union movement has been and continues to be the subject of significant interference on the part of Government authorities.

2. New ILO programme to tackle discrimination, integration of migrant workers in Europe

   01 October 2004

   The International Labour Office (ILO), with the support of the European Union, today launched a new programme designed to tackle on the job discrimination that in some countries afflicts up to a third of migrant workers.

September 2004

1. Preparatory Technical Maritime Conference concludes successfully Delegates forge new Convention for the maritime industry

   24 September 2004

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) today took a significant step toward the creation of a major new international labour standard that provides a "Seafarers' Bill of Rights" for some 1.2 million maritime workers by consolidating a wide range of maritime standards adopted since the 1920's.

2. World leaders call for fair globalization to achieve millennium development goals

   20 September 2004

   UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, noting that too many people - particularly in developing countries - feel excluded and threatened by globalization, called on world leaders Monday to summon the political will to better manage the economic and social effects of globalization.

3. Note to correspondents: Leaders from North and South join forces for a fair globalization

   15 September 2004

   In the most significant attempt yet to shift international debate on globalization from confrontation to dialogue, world leaders from North and South, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), meet here on 20 September to launch a new global discussion on how creating a fair globalization is essential to ensuring peace, prosperity and security for all.

4. Preparatory Technical Maritime Conference: ILO moves to consolidate new labour standard for the maritime industry

   13 September 2004

   A new maritime labour Convention that consolidates and updates a wide range of labour standards adopted since the 1920's concerning shipowners and seafarers in the maritime sector will be considered by some 500 tripartite delegates from more than 70 ILO Member States at a two week conference starting here today.

5. Media Advisory: Preparatory Technical Maritime Conference 13-24 September. ILO member States discuss a new consolidated maritime labour Convention

   08 September 2004

   Government, employer and worker delegates from ILO member States open a two-week international Conference here on Monday 13 September to prepare a new draft maritime labour Convention affecting some 1.2 million seafarers who handle nearly 90 per cent of the world's trade.

6. Kennesaw State forges partnership for human development with International Labour Office

   08 September 2004

   The Switzerland-based International Labour Office has entered into a three-year partnership with Kennesaw State University aimed at building international development and social change through sport-related initiatives.

7. Media Advisory: Preparatory Technical Maritime Conference 13-24 September ILO member States discuss a new consolidated maritime labour Convention

   08 September 2004

   week international Conference here on Monday 13 September to prepare a new draft maritime labour Convention affecting some 1.2 million seafarers who handle nearly 90 per cent of the world's trade.

8. ILO Director-General Addresses Extraordinary Summit of African Union Says, "good national governance will not succeed unless we have good global governance"

   08 September 2004

   The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Juan Somavia, today said that good national governance affirms "Africa's right to expect global fairness" and that "good national governance will not succeed unless we have good global governance."