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• At any crisis action is better than no action, President of Kazakhstan
  23 May 2013. The global recession lead, incredible as it may seem, to the anti-crisis measures taken at national levels.
• Putin cancels joining Open Government this year – Peskov
  20 May 2013. President Vladimir Putin has cancelled Russia’s joining the Open Government Partnership this year, the Russian leader’ press secretary Dmitry Peskov said in a statement.
• Y20 Russia Summit Agenda announced
  18 May 2013. The Russian delegation at the Y20 Russia 2013 Summit, to be held from 18-21 June 2013 as part of the St.Petersburg Economic Forum, gave a news conference in Moscow.
• ILO Director-General's statement on International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia
  17 May 2013. On International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, says the ILO is stepping up efforts to eradicate workplace discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity.
• The impact of agricultural trade on labour markets
  14 May 2013. A new book edited by UNCTAD and the International Labour Organization stresses that agricultural trade can be an opportunity for creating jobs and alleviating poverty around the world.
• Ksenia Yudaeva: Russia has chosen the right priorities for its G20 Presidency
  13 May 2013. Ksenia Yudaeva, Chief of the Presidential Experts Directorate and the Russian G20 Sherpa, talks to journalists on the third Sherpas' Meeting held in St.Petersburg on May 11-12.
• Kazakhstan’s labour minister explains pension system modernization process
  8 May 2013. At the meeting with workers of Ust-Kamenogorsk’s poultry farm and public at large Kazakhstan’s Labour and Social Protection Minister Serik Abdenov told about the republic’s comprehensive plan of employment support for people over 50 years of age or the so-called Initiative 50+.
• Putin signs into law creation of work concils
  8 May 2013. On May 8 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law amendments to Article 22 of the Labour Code of the Russian Federation.
• Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013 (PDF, 55 Kb)
  8 May 2013. Youth jobs’ gains wiped out by slow recovery.
• Methodology for assessing decent work to help improve working conditions in Armenia
  7 May 2013. The Decent Work Country Profile presented in Yerevan on May 7 will help improve working conditions in Armenia, said Tadevos Avetisian, the head of the Labour and Social Affairs Ministry’s labour and employment department.
• Georgia’s parliament adopts in first reading amendments to Labour Code
  7 May 2013. On May 7 the Georgian parliament adopted in the first reading amendments to the Labour Code. They will protect workers from groundless layoffs and will help reduce the number of jobless in the country.
• The true potential of the social and solidarity economy
  6 May 2013. ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, has called for a better understanding of how the social and solidarity economy (SSE) – which includes cooperatives, social enterprises and mutual benefit organizations – can have a positive impact on the economy.
• Five Russian citizens awarded the title Hero of Labour
  1 May 2013. Vladimir Putin awarded Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation medals and title certificates to five Russian citizens for their outstanding achievements in state and public work and their big contribution to Russia’s socioeconomic development, including in production, transport, construction, science, culture, education, and healthcare.

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