This is a list of official ILO press releases issued by the ILO Country Office for South Pacific Island Countries. The most recent release is at the top.
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April 2012
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World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2012 to highlight and acknowledge Fiji’s achievement in its OHS Labour reforms
26 April 2012
From 2006 to date, the Fiji Ministry of Labour has tasked itself to reform all outdated labour policies which included progressive health and safety standards
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Solomon Islands ratifies six ILO Human Rights Conventions
25 April 2012
Following several years of cooperation between Solomon Islands and the ILO, the Government of Solomon Islands has decided to ratify six fundamental conventions. The registration of which was made on 13 April 2012 in ILO headquarters
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Temporary employment boosts early recovery from Fiji floods - UN
25 April 2012
The cash-for-work initiative, funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with support from UN Women and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), is being implemented with the Government of Fiji to focus initially on market vendors in Rakiraki, one of the country’s worst affected districts, located halfway between the capital Suva and the western town of Nadi.
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Radio Australia's Pacific Beat Q&A with ILO TACKLE
25 April 2012
A report has found that child labour exists in PNG and the worst forms exist in Port Moresby.
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Child labour in Papua New Guinea
19 April 2012
The first comprehensive child labour research report for Papua New Guinea.
March 2012
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Tuvalu ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
06 March 2012
The Government of Tuvalu deposited with the International Labour Office the instrument of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006). Tuvalu, which became an ILO member in 2008, is the fifth member State from the Asia-Pacific region – after Australia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands and Singapore – to have ratified the landmark Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.
November 2011
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Technical Training Course Labour Statistics and Labour Market Information and Analysis in the Pacific
29 November 2011
A first for the Pacific technical training on LMIA in the Pacific.
October 2011
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Kiribati begins the process of reforming its labour laws
31 October 2011
Tripartite constituents in the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati have commenced a policy process to update labour laws to better apply fundamental ILO Conventions.
September 2011
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Consultations for next United Nations Development Assistance Framework Commence
06 September 2011
The United Nations Development Assistance Framework(UNDAF)coordinates the activities of 15 United Nations agencies including the International Labour Organisation(ILO), in 14 Pacific Island countries.
August 2011
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Breakthrough in reforming labour legislation in Vanuatu
16 August 2011
Tripartite constituents in the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu have achieved a breakthrough in consultations to draft an Employment Relations Bill. The new Bill will replace the existing Employment Act, the Trade Disputes Act and the Trade Unions Act.
June 2011
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ILO project brings together worker and employer organizations from Samoa and New Zealand in mentoring initiative
29 June 2011
Worker and employer organizations in New Zealand have welcomed the opportunity to engage in an exchange of expertise with counterparts in the Pacific island nation of Samoa.
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ILO project brings together worker's and employer's organizations from Samoa and New Zealand in mentoring initiative
29 June 2011
Worker's and employer's organizations in New Zealand have welcomed the opportunity to engage in an exchange of expertise with counterparts in the Pacific island nation of Samoa.
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100th ILO annual Conference decides to bring an estimated 53 to 100 million domestic workers worldwide under the realm of labour standards
16 June 2011
The government, worker and employer delegates at the 100th annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Thursday, 16 June adopted a historic set of international standards aimed at improving the working conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide.
May 2011
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Tripartite Labour Advisory Council launched in Vanuatu
01 May 2011
For the first time since independence in 1980, government, workers and employers have formally joined forces to create a tripartite advisory body to help guide Vanuatu’s development of new labour and employment policies.
April 2011
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Papua New Guinea labour delegation in Australia: tripartite group studies industrial relations, Australian labour market governance and institutions
29 April 2011
ILO News: A tripartite delegation from Papua New Guinea (PNG) has travelled to Australia to study that country’s industrial relations institutions in advance of an anticipated enactment of a Bill to reform PNG’s industrial relations laws.
October 2010
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Pacific Island Countries explore ratification of the ILO Maritime Labour Convention
27 October 2010
The ILO Workshop on Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, is held on 27-29 October 2010.
August 2010
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Youth unemployment at highest recorded level - ILO report; 36 million Asia Pacific young people unemployed – A possible “Lost generation”
12 August 2010
The global unemployment rate for young people has risen to its highest recorded level, and is expected to continue increasing until the end of 2010, a new report issued by the International Labour Organization (ILO) says.
June 2010
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Spotlight falls on decent work in Pacific Island States
18 June 2010
Progress towards building a sustainable future and implementing decent work for countries in the Pacific was highlighted at a special event held during the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva.
February 2010
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Decent work approach to recovery urged by Pacific Island labour ministers and social partners
09 February 2010
Pacific Island Labour Ministers and social partners have reached an agreement to support a jobs-led recovery by promoting decent work in the Pacific region by adopting the Port Vila Statement on Decent Work and its accompanying ‘Pacific Action Plan for Decent Work’.
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Jobs-led recovery and plan for sustainable decent work at ILO high level meeting of ten Pacific member States at Port Vila, Vanuatu, 8–9 February 2010
03 February 2010
In the aftermath of the global economic downturn and a lingering jobs crisis, the ILO is convening a high-level meeting on Decent Work for Sustainable Development in the Pacific from 8 to February in Vanuatu.