News

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.

4. ILO urges ban on child labour in small-scale mines and quarries Initiative is part of World Day Against Child Labour activities to be held worldwide

   09 June 2005

   Workers, employers and governments are to join the International Labour Organization (ILO) in marking the World Day Against Child Labour this year by calling for the elimination of child labour in one of the world's most dangerous sectors - small-scale mining and quarrying - within five to 10 years.

5. International Labour Conference elects new members of ILO Governing Body

   07 June 2005

   The International Labour Conference of the ILO elected new members of the Governing Body on 6 June.

6. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika calls for a social dimension of globalization

   07 June 2005

   The next United Nations Summit scheduled in September 2005 to review the Millennium Declaration should promote renewed international efforts to build a social dimension of globalization, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, told delegates to the annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) here today.

7. ILO Director-General says global jobs crisis puts democracy, freedom at risk Says creating trillions in growth, but only a trickle of jobs is unsustainable

   06 June 2005

   The huge gap between the trillions in wealth but only a trickle of jobs being created by the global economy poses a growing threat to international security, development and democracy and must be addressed urgently, International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Juan Somavia said today.

May 2005

1. ILO annual conference gets underway with election of officers

   31 May 2005

   The 93rd Session of the International Labour Conference, which will run here till 16 June, opened today, electing as its President Mr. Basim Khalil Alsalim, Minister of Labour of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.