News and articles - 103rd International Labour Conference
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103rd International Labour Conference
Ryder: We’ve endorsed an “agenda that really matters”
12 June 2014
World parliament of labour offers hope to millions of victims of forced labour, discusses migration, ways out of informality and overcoming mass unemployment.
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103rd International Labour Conference
Investing in quality employment crucial to revive growth and promote more inclusive societies
12 June 2014
Tripartite committee at the International Labour Conference agrees decent work should be explicit goal of post-2015 global development agenda.
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103rd International Labour Conference
ILO moves the discussion on the informal economy one step forward
12 June 2014
The International Labour Conference completed a first overview of a reality that impacts 40 per cent of the global workforce.
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Labour standards
ILO adopts new Protocol to tackle modern forms of forced labour
11 June 2014
A new legally binding ILO Protocol on Forced Labour aims to advance prevention, protection and compensation measures, as well as to intensify efforts to eliminate contemporary forms of slavery.
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Mongolian ILC visit
Mongolia boosting business, investment and worker rights
09 June 2014
Mongolia sets up An Employed Mongolian with a Job and Income programme as part of measures to support business, Prime Minister tells ILC delegates.
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103rd International Labour Conference
Jordanian PM lauds “strong partnership” with ILO, underscores complex challenges facing Jordan
09 June 2014
In a special address to the International Labour Conference (ILC), Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour speaks of collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), the effects of the Syrian refugee crisis on Jordan and the country’s reform drive.
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Decent Work in Arab States
ILO and Oman pledge to continue joint promotion of decent work in the Sultanate
05 June 2014
The ILO and tripartite representatives sign an agreement to extend the Decent Work Country Programme in Oman until 2016.
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World of work summit
Developing economies through decent work
03 June 2014
Held during the 103rd International Labour Conference, the World of Work Summit brought together governments, employers, workers and civil-society representatives for a discussion on the role of jobs in driving development.
Participants included Professor Deepak Nayyar from New Dehli's University, Ministers of labour of Luxembourg, Mexico, the Philippines and Tunisia along with the CEO of a pharmaceutical company in Turkey and the head of the ITUC. -
103rd International Labour Conference
Ryder: Migration poses major policy challenges
28 May 2014
ILO Director-General Guy Ryder calls for fair migration policies and stronger measures against forced labour at the opening of the 103rd session of the International Labour Conference.
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28 May -12 June 2014
Funes de Rioja elected President of the International Labour Conference
28 May 2014
Daniel Funes de Rioja, President of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), will chair the 103rd annual International Labour Conference.
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International Labour Conference
Media accreditation information for the 103rd ILO International Labour Conference
29 April 2014