Media and public information

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 227 KB]
• ILO Governing Body elects new Chairperson ─ Committee on Freedom of Association cites Guatemala, Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Iran, and Venezuela
  13 June 2008 - The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) elected H.E. Mr. Zdzislaw Rapacki, Ambassador of Poland to the Conference on Disarmament and Permanent Representative of Poland to the United Nations Office in Geneva as Chairperson for its 2008-09 Session. (ILO/08/32)

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Feature articles

• Road building in Liberia: One UN, many new jobs
  17 July 2008 - After 14 years of conflict, Liberia has begun working its way back to peace and prosperity. But with unemployment estimated at about 85 per cent – significantly among its unskilled youth – job creation is a daunting challenge. ILO Online reports from the capital, Monrovia. (FTR/08/Liberia)
  • Road-Building for a New Liberia -
• The AREA programme in Argentina: working together to create jobs
  11 July 2008 - The ILO-run AREA project, funded by the Italian government, has helped many Argentine workers and companies recover from the 2001 financial crisis by creating jobs and improving livelihoods. ILO Online reports from Argentina. (FTR/08/argentina_area)
  • Working out of financial crisis in Argentina -

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I-news

• Indonesia ratifies ILO Convention n°185 on Seafarers’ identity documents
  16 July 2008 - The Government of Indonesia today handed over the instrument of ratification of the Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185) of the International Labour Organization. (INEWS/08/Indonesia_185)
• 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

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Video

• Creating Change - Responding to the HIV epidemic at work -
  24 July 2008 - "Creating change" features success stories in addressing HIV/AIDS in the workplace with a special focus on behaviour change programmes. It highlights the key role of ministries of Labour, employers' and workers' organizations in creating an enabling environment by strengthening the national policy and legal framework to address stigma and discrimination, and support workplace interventions.
• Carlo Verdone - What Decent Work Means to Me -
  22 July 2008 - Celebrated Italian actor, screenwriter and film director Carlo Verdone describes what decent work means to him in this public service announcement co-produced by the ILO and the Italian Cooperation. (in Italian)

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