Media and public information

• Press releases

  • ILO marks its 90th anniversary with global dialogue for decent work and a fair globalization
    20 April 2009 - Amid the worst financial and jobs crisis since the Great Depression, the International Labour Organization (ILO) will mark its 90th anniversary in the week of 21-28 April. During this period, there will be a global convergence on the common theme of social dialogue on decent work for a fair globalization in commemorative events in more than 100 countries across the world. - (ILO/09/22)
  • ILO celebrates 90 years of campaigning for social justice with high-level Bangkok event
    16 April 2009 - The ILO - which deals with work and workplace issues - is the oldest specialized agency of the United Nations (UN). The ILO was founded in 1919 and is the only surviving major creation of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War. When the UN was formed in 1946 the ILO became part of it. - (RO/09/13)

• Videos

  • Video: A Better World Starts Here: Be Part of It
    This short video was produced by the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific for events in the region, taking place this week in 22 of the 32 ILO member States of the Asia Pacific region.
  • ILO Director-General's statement on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the ILO
  • Social Justice Under Threat?
    

    February 20 2009 marked the first World Day of Social Justice was celebrated at the ILO's Geneva headquarters with a panel discussion about "The Crisis: Threat or Opportunity for Social Justice?". Speakers included ILO Director-General Juan Somavia, Khalid Janahi (Ithmaar Bank), Anita Normark (Building and Wood Workers' International), Rick Samans (World Economic Forum), Jack Lowe (BlueOrchard), Karen Tse (International Bridges to Justice) and Raymond Torres (Director of the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies) in an animated debate moderated by ILO Director of Communication Zohreh Tabatabai.

  • Nobel prize-winning economist, Professor Joseph Stiglitz addresses Governing Body
    Nobel prize-winning economist, Professor Joseph Stiglitz, addressed a special sitting of the Governing Body on the impact of the global financial and economic crisis. He was presented with the 2008 ILO Decent Work Research Prize by ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia, who praised his call for a more balanced globalization and stronger regulation of financial markets.
  • IMF Managing-Director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn addresses ILO's Governing Body on responses to the current global financial and economic crisis
    The Director of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn has called for increased cooperation between the IMF and the International Labour Organization, saying that coordination between multilateral institutions was crucial in addressing the global economic crisis. He was speaking at a high level meeting of the ILO in Geneva.c

Publications

• ILO memories
  Contributions from Japanese parliamentarians, tripartite constituents and former ILO staff
• "Job creation for youth in times of a crisis"
  Guinea Bissau
• Relation between ILO and Sudan: Good past and better Future
  Sudan
• 90e anniversaire du bit : Pour la promotion du travail décentsupplement to Le Soleil, Press Africa
  Senegal
• Labour Rights and the ILO in Andean Countries
  Bolivia
• Normas de OIT y Justicia Social - (pdf 193kB)
  Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay
• Impactos de la Crisis Mundial en el Mercado Laboral en Costa Rica y Centro América
• La Libertad Sindical y la Negociacion Colectiva en Centroamérica, Panamá y República Dominicana: un panorama de su estado actual
• Competencia Laboral Manual de formación; Competencias clave y aprendizaje permanente; Formación y Productividad. Guía Simapro
• Boletín Conmemorativo del 90° Aniversario de la OIT en Argentina
• The International Labour Organization and the quest for social justice, 1919-2009
  The International Labour Organization was founded in 1919 in the belief that peace and social justice go hand in hand. This book explores key ideas that the ILO has championed and applied through the political and economic upheavals of the last 90 years: rights at work, the quality of employment, income protection, employment and poverty reduction, a fair globalization and today's overriding goal of decent work for all.
  • Executive Summary: The International Labour Organization and the quest for social justice, 1919-2009 - (pdf 69kB)
• Brochure - Women’s empowerment: 90 years of ILO action! - (pdf 892 kB)
• Magazine World of Work 64, December 2008: The ILO at 90, Working for social justice
• Countries which held book fairs: Argentina, Mozambique

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