World Day for Safety and Health at Work Arabic - (pdf 31KB) 28 April 2012 - On this World Day for Safety and Health at Work it is timely to focus on the opportunity to promote safer and healthier workplaces as part of decent work strategies in the transition to a greener economy.
International Women's Day
Arabic 6 March 2012 - Today we celebrate International Women’s Day by recognizing the important contribution of rural women across the world to the well-being of their families and communities and in sustaining societies and economies. We call for action to ensure that all rural women can live and work in dignity.
The global jobs crisis: the G-20 must act now to avoid a lost decade Arabic - (pdf 47KB) 02 November 2011 - The world employment outlook is dire. Unemployment stands at more than 200 million, and is rising. The current rate of global jobs growth, at 1 per cent or less per year, will not replace the 30 million jobs lost since the crisis began in 2008.
ILO Director-General's statement on Bahrain - (pdf 42KB) Arabic - (pdf 50KB) 20 June 2011 - The Director-General of the ILO condemned the public call by the Joint Committee of Major Companies in Bahrain to the 15 members of the Executive Committee of the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions to resign
immediately or to face criminal and civil law prosecution.
Statement by ILO Director-General on the situation in Egypt
Arabic 2 February 2011 - The world has followed with great respect the massive and courageous expressions of the will of the people of Egypt during the events of recent days. In the difficult times ahead it will be of critical importance that the government and all other actors commit to peaceful action to open the way to a new era of social justice in Egypt's proud history.