December 2011

• Russia Unemployment Rate Fell, Income Rose in November
  20 December 2011. Russian unemployment shrank and incomes rose in November 2011 as the economic recovery gained steam, the Federal State Statistics Service said.
• Kazakhstan’s parliament ratifies ILO Maternity Protection Convention
  19 December 2011. On December 19 the upper house of Kazakhstan’s parliament adopted a law to ratify the ILO Convention concerning the revision of the Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952 (No. 183).
• The ILO Recommendation concerning HIV and AIDS and the World of Work (№200) in action in Russia
  16 December 2011. On 16 December 2011 presentation“The ILO Recommendation concerning HIV and AIDS and the World of Work (№200) in action in Russia” took place on the premises of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. The event was organized by the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia in cooperation with the ILO tripartite constituents in the Russian Federation.
• Kazakhstan creates 200,000 jobs as part of state programme
  15 December 2011. As part of the national programme for accelerated industrial-innovative development of Kazakhstan, 200,000 new well-paid jobs have been created in the country, President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on 15 December, speaking at a ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan's independence, which was broadcast live by Khabar TV.
• Law ratifying Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Convention signed
  3 December 2011. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Convention (Convention No. 174).
• 1 December - World AIDS Day. Message by Juan Somavia Director-General of the International Labour Office on the occasion of World AIDS Day
  1 December 2011. Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS-related deaths” - the ILO joins its efforts with the UN family and all who are striving to reach the zero goal.