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August 2008

  1. ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization

    13 August 2008

    Adopted by the International Labour Conference at its Ninety-seventh Session, Geneva, 10 June 2008.

March 2007

August 2006

  1. Decent work in Asia : reporting on results 2001-2005 : report of the Director-General, Fourteenth Asian Regional Meeting, Busan, Republic of Korea, August-September 2006

    01 August 2006

    Reviews the achievements in international, regional and national developments relating to fundamental rights, employment, social protection, and social dialogue.

May 2006

April 2006

  1. ILO activities in the Americas, 2003-2006. Report of the Director-General (Annex). Sixteenth American Regional Meeting, Brasilia, May 2000

    07 April 2006

    Summarizes the principal outcome of ILO work in the region. Includes listings of technical cooperation projects and of books, reports, CD-ROMs, videos, and CINTERFOR publications issued. The report, prepared for the ILO’s 16th American Regional Meeting in Brasilia, 2006, looks at the progress and outcomes of the ILO’s programmes in the region to date.

May 2004

  1. A fair globalization. The role of the ILO. Report of the Director-General on the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization (Report 92).

    21 May 2004

    Explores how the ILO can develop a central recommendation of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization to make decent work a global goal. Discusses six broad policy themes: national policies to address globalization; decent work in global production systems; growth, investment and employment and the case for dialogue and global policy coherence; constructing a socio-economic floor; the global economy and the cross-border movement of people; and strengthening the international labour standards system. Examines the role of the ILO in mobilizing action for change.

June 2003

  1. Working out of Poverty: Director-General's report

    01 June 2003

    Focuses on the working poor and the poor who are excluded from work. Shows the "decent work dividends" that accrue to families and societies as a whole through a concerted effort to attack poverty.

January 2003

  1. Decent work for Africa’s development

    01 January 2003

    Addresses the importance of promoting more and better jobs as a key part of Africa’s development strategy. Examines trends in growth, employment and poverty during the 1980s and 1990s, reviews changes in international approaches to development and outlines the ILO contribution to new thinking on development policy. Highlights the role of social dialogue and outlines an approach to a decent work strategy for development.

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