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Beirut, Lebanon 19-21 October 2009

Arab Employment Forum to address impact of the global financial crisis on employment

A three-day Arab Employment Forum opens in Beirut with the participation of high-level delegates from 22 countries in the region to examine the consequences of the global economic crisis on Arab states and consider ways of sustaining jobs and...

Beirut, Lebanon 19-21 October 2009

Arab Employment Forum: A Jobs Pact for Recovery and Growth

Under the patronage of H.E. the Prime Minister of Lebanon, the International Labour Organization (ILO) in partnership with the Arab Labour Organization (ALO) will host the Arab Employment Forum (AEF) in Beirut on 19-21 October 2009. Keynote speakers...

International cooperation

Somalia: addressing the root causes of piracy and warlordism

Faced with a dramatic increase in piracy off the Horn of Africa, countries have stepped up their efforts to protect shipping in the region. However, attention is now turning more to the question of why people turn to piracy to make a living and what...

Tripartite meeting on Labour Administration Facing the Jobs Crisis

Russia's ILO unemployment rate down 100,000 people in August

ILO communication to the G20

Despite continued rise in unemployment, measures taken by G20 governments will save up to 11 million jobs in 2009

Employment and social protection measures taken by G20 governments since the economic crisis began will have created or saved an estimated 7 to 11 million jobs in the G20 countries this year, the Director-General of the International Labour Office...

Global Jobs Pact and ILO Support to Member States in the Asia-Pacific Region in Response to the Crisis

By Ms Sachiko Yamamoto, Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific at the Technical Consultation on the “Impact of Global Financial Crisis on Employment and Labour Market of Bangladesh”, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 19 August 2009

The Global Jobs Pact: helping Asia and the Pacific recover from the unemployment crisis

Sachiko Yamamoto, ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, explains the Global Jobs Pact and its proposals for a sustainable recovery in the countries of this region. The Pact was agreed by participants at the International Labour Conference...

G8 Summit

ILO Director-General welcomes G8 support for “global jobs pact”

The Director-General of the International Labour Organization Juan Somavia today welcomed the strong support of the G8 summit meeting in L’Aquila, Italy, for the Global Jobs Pact agreed by governments, employers and workers, at the International...

ECOSOC 2009 High-level Segment

ILO Director-General presents “Global Jobs Pact” to U.N. Economic and Social Council

The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Juan Somavia presented the ILO’s new Global Jobs Pact to the U.N. Economic and Social Council which began its annual meeting on Monday.

The Economic Crisis in Asia: It’s about real people, real jobs

When the financial crisis predictably turned into a jobs crisis, the Asia-Pacific region found itself facing mass unemployment. As many as 100 million people in Asia could be unemployed this year, according to ILO estimates. Allan Dow, ILO press...

98th International Labour Conference

ILO adopts “Global Jobs Pact” aimed at creating jobs, protecting workers and stimulating economic recovery

Faced with the prospect of a prolonged global increase in unemployment, poverty and inequality and the continuing collapse of enterprises, the International Labour Organization adopted a Global Jobs Pact designed to guide national and international...

98th International Labour Conference

Work sharing: A strategy to preserve jobs during the global jobs crisis

Work sharing could be a relevant response to the global jobs crisis, according to a new ILO policy brief prepared for discussion at the International Labour Conference in Geneva from 3-19 June 2009. Work sharing policies and programmes can result in...

98th International Labour Conference (3-19 June 2009)

ILO Director-General calls for a global jobs pact to urgently tackle the employment and social protection consequences of the economic...

Warning of a possible six to eight year employment and social protection crisis due to the economic downturn, International Labour Organization (ILO) Director- General Juan Somavia called on delegates to the 98th International Labour Conference to...

98th International Labour Conference

Heads of State, government and leaders from the world of work tackle the global jobs crisis

Some 4,000 representatives of government and employers’ and workers’ organizations are to meet in Geneva on 3-19 June to search during the annual Conference of the International Labour Organization for an effective response to the growing impact of...

ILO sponsors the Bromo Agrofestival 2009 in Pasuruan

The International Labour Organization (ILO) supports the launch of the first Bromo Agrofestival to be held in Nongkojajar, Pasuruan District, East Java, from May 30 to June 7, 2009. This festival promotes local produce and offers an opportunity for...

Global employment trends update

ILO says job losses are increasing due to economic crisis

The International Labour Office issued new labour market projections for 2009, showing a further increase in unemployment, working poor and those in vulnerable employment. In presenting the new data, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia, said the ILO’s...

ILO Issues revised global unemployment projections; Unemployment in Asia Pacific could top 100 million people

The number of people unemployed in 2009 could increase by between 29.4 million and 58.8 million people globally, and between 9 and 26.3 million in Asia Pacific, compared to 2007. That’s according to new projections from the ILO, the United Nations...

Speech on the occasion of ILO's 90th anniversary in Malaysia

By Mr Bill Salter, Director, ILO Subregional Office for East Asia

Speech on the occasion of ILO's 90th anniversary in Singapore

By Mr Bill Salter, Director, ILO Subregional Office for East Asia