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Young people demand they be consulted in the fight against human trafficking: pledges and high level meetings 'not enough' to prevent...

Southeast Asian children and young people exposed to the risks of human trafficking are raising their voices demanding a greater say in national and sub-regional action to prevent the labour and sexual exploitation that result from trafficking.

New Labour and Social Protection Minister appointed in Kazakhstan.

Japanese MP visits ILO

Ms Mayumi Moriyama, President of the Japanese Parliamentarians’ League on the ILO Activities and Member of the House of Representatives, visited Thailand from 19 to 23 August to familiarize herself with ILO activities in Asia Pacific region. 

ILO says Asia and the Pacific labour forces expected to grow by over 200 million by 2015

More "quality" jobs needed to reduce poverty, sustain growth

Azerbaijan: New Government Programme Will Create More and Better Jobs.

"The State Programme on the implementation of the National Employment Strategy for 2007-2010 outlines the measures the Government is planning to take in the field of employment creation in the coming years", announced the Minister of Labour and...

Chinese children unite to fight trafficking

Chinese children – aged 11 through 17 – have come together to craft the country’s first set of recommendations to combat human trafficking – drafted exclusively by and for young people.

Timor-Leste: Setting the STAGE for a brighter future

Despite a significant boost in national income last year from oil revenues, Timor-Leste is amongst the world’s poorest nations. While unemployment in rural areas is at least 20 per cent, it reaches 43 per cent among urban youth. ILO Online reports...

President of Sri Lanka expresses support for ILO Decent Work Agenda: Focus on improving lives of workers, especially in rural areas

The President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, H.E. Mahinda Rajapaksa today expressed support for the Decent Work Agenda of the International Labour Organization (ILO) as “central to peoples’ lives.”

Conference concludes with adoption of new standards on fishing sector, approaches to sustainable development and measures to promote decent...

The 96th annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded its 15-day run here today after adopting a comprehensive new set of labour standards for the fishing industry and holding extensive discussions on new approaches to...

ILO awards first Decent Work Research Prize to Nelson Mandela and Carmelo Mesa-Lago

The International Labour Organization today awarded its first annual Decent Work Research Prize to Nobel peace laureate and former South African President Nelson Mandela and to the eminent academic and specialist in social security, Professor...

Decent Work Programme for Tajikistan signed.

GENEVA (ILO News) - The Tajik tripartite delegation to the annual Conference of International Labour Organization and ILO Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia Friedrich Buttler today signed a Programme of Cooperation on Decent Work between...

President of Senegal says Decent Work is the key to economic and social development

The President of the Republic of Senegal, Mr. Abdoulaye Wade, today told the plenary session of the 96th annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) that economic and social development must be based on Decent Work.

Jamaican Prime Minister calls ILO’s Decent Work Agenda critical to overcoming poverty - Warns of “human tsunami of frustration, rage and...

The Decent Work Agenda is critical to stemming a potential “human tsunami of frustration” over the devastating effects of poverty, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson Miller, said today in an address to government, employer and worker...

ILO Director-General calls for “Green Jobs Initiative” to support environmentally sustainable development - Also highlights impact of...

International Labour Organization Director-General Juan Somavia today urged government, worker and employer delegates at the ILO’s annual labour conference to develop policy tools for a global “Green Jobs Initiative” aimed at achieving an...

Address to the National Seminar on ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers

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

ILO welcomes G8 support for decent work as central to globalization with social progress

The International Labour Organization (ILO) today welcomed the commitment of the G8 summit to support the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda as central to globalization with social progress.

Social protection is key to taking up the decent work challenge, says President of Chile

Social protection is an essential tool for responding to “the challenge of decent work in an ever more uncertain world”, H.E. Ms. Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, told government, employer and worker delegates from all over the world here...

Opinion article: Realising ASEAN's potential

As the 40th anniversary of its creation approaches ASEAN is entitled to feel well-placed to meet its target of full integration by 2015.

Small enterprise development in Uganda: Making markets work for the poor

Information is critical in effective business operations and in the efficient operation of markets. An ILO project in Uganda empowers the poor to advocate for their own business interests and to expand their business as a result of putting into...

Caribbean Labour Ministers meet to advance Decent Work Agenda

Labour Ministers and other high-level labour officials from the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean will convene at the Trinidad Hilton and Conference Centre, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 15-16 May 2007 for the Sixth Meeting of Caribbean...