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Press releases

• World Summit on Safety and Health - ILO welcomes new Declaration on promotion of safer workplaces
  29 June 2008 - The International Labour Organization welcomed the Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work adopted in Seoul by some 50 high-level decision makers from around the world as a major new blueprint for constructing a global culture of safety and health at work. (ILO/08/33)
  • Message from Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Office on the Occasion of the World Congress on Safety and Health at Work -
  • Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work - [pdf 86 KB]
• 97th International Labour Conference concludes its work ─ Delegates highlight new ways to promote the ILO’s Decent work Agenda
  13 June 2008 - The 97th annual Conference of the International Labour Organization concluded its work here today after adopting a landmark Declaration designed to strengthen the promotion of Decent Work and develop new ways of responding to the growing challenges of globalization. (ILO/08/31)

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Feature articles

• International Day of Cooperatives - Cooperating in times of crisis
  03 July 2008 - This year, the growing role of cooperatives in confronting global crises of climate change and food price rises is garnering growing attention. Cooperatives can play an increasingly important role in balancing economic, social and environmental concerns as well as in contributing to poverty reduction and prevention. ILO Online interview with Hagen Henry, Head of the ILO’s Cooperative Programme. (FTR/08/cooperatives_day)
  • Message from Juan Somavia Director-General of the International Labour Office: "Confronting Climate Change through Cooperative Enterprise"
• Microinsurance and OSH: helping to cope with workplace risks
  02 July 2008 - Work-related accidents and diseases take a grim toll every year. Although prevention can help improve occupational safety and health (OSH), microinsurance can also play a complementary role in coping with workplace risks and provide direct benefits to employers and workers. ILO Online reports. (FTR/08/osh_microinsurance)

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I-news

• Supporting the cooperative movement in Africa: the launching of the CoopAfrica website
  03 July 2008 - The CoopAfrica website provides a description of the technical cooperation programme for the promotion and development of cooperatives in Africa. (INEWS/08/coop_web)
  • CoopAfrica website
• World Congress calls for new global partnership to improve work safety
  02 July 2008 - The XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work concluded with calls for a new global partnership to strengthen safety and health in the workplace, and to reinforce efforts to reduce fatalities and illness. (INEWS/08/osh_seoul)

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Video

• Message from Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Office on the Occasion of the World Congress on Safety and Health at Work -
  01 July 2008 -
• ILC coverage: Tackling the food crisis -
  12 June 2008 - Speaking at a high level panel of the 97th International Labour Conference, the Right Honourable Mr Pakalitha Mosisili, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho, shared his views on how to tackle the food crisis through investment, production and decent work.
  • 97th Session of the International Labour Conference, 28 May - 13 June 2008

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