Events

November 2003

1. 17th International Conference of Labour Statisticians

   24 November - 3 December 2003, Geneva, Switzerland

   The Conference adopted three resolutions concerning: household income and expenditure statistics, consumer price indices, and further work on the International Standard Classification of Occupations.

August 2003

1. Switzerland vs. France Red Card Campaign at Geneva Stadium

   20 August 2003, Geneva Stadium, Switzerland

   A new edition of Red Card Campaign against child labour will be launched on the occasion of the Football match Switzerland vs France at the Geneva Stadium on 20 August 03, with the support of the Swiss Football Association and the French Federation of football.

June 2003

1. 

   World Day Against Child Labour 2003

   12 June 2003, Geneva, Switzerland

   Child trafficking is one of the worst forms of child labour. Although no precise figures exist, an estimated 1.2 million children - both boys and girls - are trafficked each year into exploitative work in agriculture, mining, factories, armed conflict or commercial sex work. On 12 June 2003, the second World Day Against Child Labour, the ILO will focus attention on trafficking in children - everywhere it occurs and in whatever form - to prevent and stop the practice.

December 2002

1. Red Card and Real Madrid

   18 December 2002, Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

   The Real Madrid football club and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are teaming up to raise a "Red card" to the child labour in its worst forms - a practice that traps one of every eight children - or some 180 million worldwide - in exploitative, often dangerous work.

2. Fifteenth American Regional Meeting

   10 - 13 December 2002, Lima, Peru

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) held its XVth Regional Meeting of ILO member States in the Americas to seek a "productive solution" to the region's labour troubles, at a time when the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are facing a situation marked by a rise in unemployment, an increase in poverty and a pronounced decline in social and labour conditions.

June 2002

1. World Day Against Child Labour

   12 June 2002, ILO Geneva, Switzerland

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the first World Day Against Child Labour in 2002 as a way to highlight the plight of working children. Observed on June 12th, the day is intended to serve as a catalyst for the growing worldwide movement against child labour.

2. Africa Cup of Nations

   1 June 2002, Mali

   Launch of the Red Card to Child Labour campaign

August 2001

1. Thirteenth Asian Regional Meeting

   28 - 31 August 2001, Bangkok, Thailand

   In its first regional meeting since the high drama of the Asian financial crisis in 1997 – grouping 39 member States – the ILO’s government, employer and worker constituents discussed a plan for ensuring social protection, rights at work and job creation, as a way of applying its global strategy for decent work to the region’s people and helping them weather global economic turmoil.

December 2000

1. 

   6th ILO European Regional Meeting

   12 - 15 December 2000, Geneva, Switzerland

   The meeting came at a time of improving labour market performance in Europe. The ILO report pointed out, however, that "the persistence of high rates of unemployment in many Western European countries continues to be a fundamental economic and social problem and is still an important source of poverty." In particular, the ILO noted that "long-term unemployment remains stubbornly high, leaving a significant number of individuals effectively excluded from the labour market." Levels of youth unemployment have also remained high in some countries.

December 1999

1. Ninth African Regional Meeting

   8 - 11 December 1999, Abidjan, Ivory Coast

   Among the Conclusions of the Meeting, the delegates stressed their commitment to the elimination of child labour, beginning with its worst forms. They stated that "the elimination of child labour in Africa represents a real challenge. To be African is first of all to respect and prepare the destiny of Africa through its children."