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• Academy Award winning actress Marlee Matlin to address ILO panel on people with disabilities and the economic crisis
  9 November 2009 - ILO/09/57
• ILO Governing Body to address world of work response to global economic crisis
  6 November 2009 - ILO/09/56
• ILO says economic crisis eroding real wages for second year running
  3 November 2009 - ILO/09/55
• ILO meeting adopts revised list of occupational diseases
  30 October 2009 - ILO/09/54
• ILO Conference in Dusseldorf to discuss crisis impact on occuaptional safety and health
  29 October 2009 - ILO/09/53
• ILO report says temporary workers among the worst hit by the economic crisis, urges balance between flexible labour markets and workers' protection
  19 October 2009 - ILO/09/50
• Informal employment curbs trade benefits for developing countries
  12 October 2009 - ILO/09/47
• G20 Commit to Putting Quality Jobs at the Heart of the Recovery
  25 September 2009 - ILO/09/46
• ILO prevents proven strategies for the Prevention of HIV/AIDS in the world of work - (pdf - 27 kb)
  4 September 2009 - ILO/SRO/09/11
• ILO welcomes new support for the Global Jobs Pact from the UN Economic and Social Council
  27 July 2009 - ILO/09/44
• ILO Director-General welcomes G8 support for "global jobs pact"
  9 July 2009 - ILO/09/43
• International post office network to share HIV prevention messages
  7 July 2009
• ILO Director-General presents "Global Jobs Pact" to U.N. Economic and Social Council
  6 July 2009 - ILO/09/42
• Launch of Skill Development Initiative for Domestic Workers/Household Assistants - (pdf - 26 kb)
  July 2009 - ILO/SRO/09/
• ILO adopts "Global Jobs Pact" aimed at creating jobs, protecting workers and stimulating economic recovery
  19 June 2009 - ILO/09/39
• Japan marks 35 years of support for ILO
  5 June 2009 - ROAP/09/20
• ILO Director-General calls for a global jobs pact to urgently tackle the employment and social protection consequences of the economic crisis
  3 June 2009 - ILO/09/35
• Heads of State, government and leaders from the world of work tackle the global jobs crisis
  2 June 2009 - ILO/09/32
• ILO says job losses are increasing due to economic crisis
  28 May 2009 - ILO/09/31
• The Republic of Maldives becomes 183rd ILO member State
  18 May 2009 - ILO/09/29
• New ILO report says "cost of coercion" to workers in forced labour surpasses USD 20 billion per year
  12 May 2009 - ILO/09/27
• World Day for Safety and Health at Work to be commenorated amid concerns over impact of global economic crisis
  27 April 2009 - ILO/09/25
• Note to Correspondents: The ILO and the quest for social justice: ILO launches new history to mark 90th anniversary
  24 April 2009 - ILO/09/24
• ILO marks its 90th anniversary with global dialogue for decent work and a fair globalization
  20 April 2009 - ILO/09/22
• ILO Director-General calls London G20 Summit "an important step forward on a difficult road"
  3 April 2009 - ILO/09/20
• Call for employment and social policies to drive growth and recovery
  30 March 2009 - ILO/09/19
• ILO Governing Body concludes discussions on policy responses to global economic and jobs crisis
  27 March 2009 - ILO/09/18
• ILO calls for urgent global jobs pact to forestall "prolonged and severe" employment crisis
  24 March 2009 - ILO/09/17
• IMF Managing-Director calls for greater cooperation with the ILO
  23 March 2009 - ILO/09/16
• ILO warns economic crisis could generate up to 22 million more unemployed women in 2009, jeopardize equality gains at work and at home
  05 March 2009 - ILO/09/15
• ILO Governing Body to discuss response to the economic and social crisis
  04 March 2009 - ILO/09/14
• ILO delegates call for urgent new policy measures to address growing job losses in the financial sector
  27 February 2009 - ILO/09/12
• ILO meeting to discuss employment crunch in the financial sector
  23 February 2009 - ILO/09/10
• Delegates to examine employment and social consequences of financial crisis
  6 February 2009 - ILO/09/04
• Unemployment, working poor and vulnerable employment to increase dramatically due to global economic crisis
  28 January 2009 - ILO/09/02

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