February 2006

• 28 February 2006 - Russia needs one million migrant workers.
  At present, Russian needs one million labour migrants, the deputy head of the external migration department of the Russian Federal Migration Service (FMS), Natalia Vlasova, said at a news conference "Labour Migration Season-2006 - a Season of Change?" on Tuesday
  
  
• 20 - 28 February 2006 - HIV/AIDS: Behavior change communication strategy discussed in Murmansk and Moscow.
  Behavior change communication strategy development workshops were held on February 20-22 in the Murmansk region and on February 26-28 in the Moscow region within the framework of the ILO/USDOL HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Programme in Russia.
• 23 February 2006 - ILO adopts sweeping new charter for maritime sector. New Convention will guarantee "quality shipping" worldwide.
  The International Labour Organization today overwhelmingly adopted a comprehensive new labour standard for the world's maritime sector, in what ILO Director-General Juan Somavia called a landmark development in the world of work. The new Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 was adopted by a vote of 314 for, with no votes against and four abstentions at the 94 th International Labour Conference (Maritime), held here on 7-23 February. The vote marked overwhelming support by delegates from more than 100 countries representing seafarers, shipowners and governments.

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• 16 February 2006 - Building up responsible attitude towards child labour problem among employers - Seminar in Almaty.

  
  ASTANA, 15 February. KAZINFORM News Agency - The Employers' Confederation of Kazakhstan organized on 17 February in Almaty a seminar on Child Labour and Corporate Social Responsibility. The International Labour Organization and its International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)supported the event.
  The seminar aims to formulate a position of the Kazakhstan employers regarding a role that civilized business must play in the civil society development. In this regard the participants will discuss issues of child labour and corporate social responsibility.
  The seminar is the first phase of a project on building up responsible attitude towards child labour problem among employers.
• 7 February 2006 - ILO to adopt 'bill of rights' for seafarers.
  The first Maritime Session of the International Labour Conference of the 21st century scheduled here between 7-23 February 2006 will consider a major new international labour instrument, the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.