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June 2011
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World Day Against Child Labour 2011
06 June 2011
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is to mark this year’s World Day against Child Labour (June 12) with events in more than 50 countries, along with a new report on children in hazardous work.
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New ILO report on the situation of workers in the occupied Arab territories
03 June 2011
The annual report of the International Labour Office (ILO) on the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories calls for replacing the current security logic “with a development logic, based on a long-term vision of the economic, employment and human security interests of all the women and men in the region.”
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ILO Director-General opens historic 100th International Labour Conference with call for a new era of social justice
01 June 2011
Director-General Juan Somavia opened the historic 100th International Labour Conference with a call for an urgent commitment to a new era of social justice and economic growth based on sustainable development to address mounting “turmoil” in the world of work.
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President of Finland says that ILO values and policies are needed more than ever
01 June 2011
In an address at the opening of the 100th annual Conference of the International Labour Organization, Finnish President Tarja Halonen cited the “absence of social justice” in the world, and said the ILO’s “values and policies are needed more than ever to create “a world with fewer tensions, greater fairness and strengthened security.”
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100th ILO annual Conference elects officers
01 June 2011
The 100th Session of the International Labour Conference, which will run in Geneva till 17 June, opened on 1 June and elected as its President Mr. Robert Nkili, Minister of Labour and Social Security of Cameroon.
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Conference to address need for a new era of social justice in the wake of recent economic and jobs crises
01 June 2011
The International Labour Organization opens its historic 100th International Labour Conference in Geneva on 1 June with a call for a new era of social justice amid high global unemployment and underemployment, and public concern over the employment situation after the recent global financial crisis.
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2500 Young People Newly Infected with HIV Every Day, According to Opportunity in Crisis
01 June 2011
Joint publication by UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNESCO, UNFPA, ILO, WHO and The World Bank presents data on adolescents and HIV for the first time
May 2011
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ILO and OECD sign a new Memorandum of Understanding to foster cooperation
25 May 2011
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their cooperation and coordination in fields of common interest and activity.
