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Fiji Child Labour DVD to be launched at the National Child Labour Forum
18 February 2013
The plight of children in child labour in Fiji will be raised, through the launching of a DVD titled “Back to School- Tackling Child Labour in Fiji”
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ILO to publish annual report on global employment trends and the jobs crisis
21 January 2013
The ILO is to launch its annual report, “Global Employment Trends 2013” (GET) on Tuesday 22 January.
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ILO mission to Fiji aborted
19 September 2012
An ILO direct contacts mission on freedom of association has been obliged to depart from Fiji without having completed its mandate.
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Pacific ratifications help to bring ‘Seafarers Bill of Rights’ into effect
12 September 2012
The ILO has received the 30th ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC), fulfilling the final condition for the first global standard spanning continents and oceans, to go into effect in a year’s time
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ILO: PNG lacks complete laws on child labour
22 April 2013
Papua New Guinea lacks comprehensive legislation to deal with child labour issues, a workshop has been told.
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24 OSH and Labour Inspectors trained in Papua New Guinea for a modern and effective OSH inspection system.
04 March 2013
The Department of Labour and Industrial Relations, Papua New Guinea (PNG), in cooperation with the ILO organized a five day programme on OSH inspection
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Recognizing workers skills in Samoa
19 February 2013
The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour and the Apprenticeship Council of Samoa have been running a trade testing scheme, offering workers who achieved their present status in their job by experience only, a platform to obtain formal recognition of their skills.
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Promoting creative industries through business awareness in schools in Kiribati
19 February 2013
Through the UN One Fund initiative in Kiribati, the ILO in collaboration with UNESCO identified the opportunity to promote creative industries in schools. This initiative was welcomed by ILO tripartite partners and youth stakeholders in Kiribati.
CO-Suva
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World Day Against Child Labour June 12, 2012 Human rights and social justice... let's end child labour Suva, Fiji
21 June 2012
Speech by the Director ILO Office for the Pacific Island Countries
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Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between Government of the Republic of Kiribati and the Government of the Republic of Fiji on Technical Assistance in the Field of Labour Reform and Labour Inspection
04 May 2012
Speech by the Director ILO Office for the South Pacific Island Countries
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Statement on Fiji, by ILO Director-General Juan Somavia
13 September 2011