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Armenian representatives take part in OSH Workshop at ITC Turin
On 6-17 June, the International Training Centre of the ILO, in collaboration with ILO SafeWork programme organized a workshop on National Programmes and Systems of Occupational Safety and Health in Turin, Italy to acquaint participants with international guidelines and principles of the ILO and the experience of consolidated and successful national OSH systems and programmes.
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Tajikistan: trade union staff are trained on formalizing informal employment
Federation of Independent Trade Union in Tajikistan (FITUT) builds the capacity of trade union employees by organizing trainings on transition from informal to formal employment and providing social protection in the formal economy.
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New Director-General of the International Labour Organization elected
The ILO Governing Body has elected Gilbert F. Houngbo as the Organization’s 11th Director-General, who will take office in October 2022.
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ILO Governing Body adopts resolution on Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine
A resolution passed by the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization calls on the Russian Federation to ‘immediately and unconditionally cease its aggression’.
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ILO Director-General condemns the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine
"The ILO’s duty is to stand in solidarity with the government, workers, and employers of Ukraine and to join with the rest of the United Nations system in providing all possible assistance to them," says the ILO Director-General.
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Uzbek cotton is free from systemic child labour and forced labour
Almost two million people are recruited every year for the annual cotton harvest in Uzbekistan. The country has succeeded in eradicating forced and child labour during the 2021 cotton production cycle, according to new ILO findings.
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ILO Global Forum concludes with renewed commitments to a recovery that puts people first
The International Labour Organization is strengthening its collaboration with several multilateral system agencies to urgently address the inequalities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, within and between countries.
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ILO welcomes commitments in G7 leaders’ communiqué
29 June 2022
New commitments by the G7 Leaders, covering gender equality, tackling inflation, climate change, and support for a just transition to a sustainable and inclusive future, have been welcomed by the ILO.
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ILO Director-General warns G7 Summit on great divergence
27 June 2022
In his statement to the G7 Summit in Germany, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, says pandemic and conflict have widened divergence between industrialized and developing countries. Raises concern over inequalities within countries, including gender gaps.
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Media Toolkit and Media-Friendly Glossary on Migration, Fair Recruitment and Forced Labour – Uzbekistan edition
22 June 2022
A national adaptation of the Global ILO toolkit for journalists and the Media-Friendly Glossary on Migration, Fair Recruitment and Forced Labour was released in Uzbekistan.
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© M. Crozet / ILO/OIT 2022
App helps protect outdoor workers from dangers of the sun
21 June 2022
Skin cancer is preventable, yet despite this more than 120,000 people globally died of the disease and more than 1.5 million were diagnosed with it in 2020.
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Armenian representatives take part in OSH Workshop at ITC Turin
18 June 2022
On 6-17 June, the International Training Centre of the ILO, in collaboration with ILO SafeWork programme organized a workshop on National Programmes and Systems of Occupational Safety and Health in Turin, Italy to acquaint participants with international guidelines and principles of the ILO and the experience of consolidated and successful national OSH systems and programmes.