News and articles

2000

  1. Press release

    ILO Director-General Calls for Policies with a Caring Eye

    15 February 2000, BANGKOK

    The ILO Director-General addresses 3000 UNCTAD delegates calling for policies better meeting people’s fundamental needs.

1999

  1. Press release

    The lessons of the Chiang Mai factory explosion

    23 December 1999, BANGKOK

    Representatives of Thai Government ministries, employers, workers and the ILO come together to learn for the future from the Chiang Mai factory explosion.

  2. Press release

    Building fundamental principles and rights at work into "Fairer societies in the Asian region"

    07 December 1999, PHNOM PENH

    Representatives of more than 20 Asian countries gather to tackle issues as freedom of association and abolishing forced labour, discrimination and child labour - and to begin constructing a new foundation for "fairer societies" in the region.

  3. Press release

    Cambodia labour experts mobilize for children

    09 November 1999, PHNOM PENH

    Cambodias decision-makers gather in Phnom Penh for a series of meetings on international child labour law organized by the ILO Asia-Pacific office.

  4. Press release

    Roadways to employment: linking infrastructure to jobs

    26 October 1999, BANGKOK

    ILO workshop explores the potential of infrastructure development in Asia Pacific countries as an untapped resource for new jobs.

  5. Press release

    Kosovo's Labour Market in a "Collapsed" State ILO Calls for Labour Intensive Reconstruction Effort

    19 October 1999,

    GENEVA (ILO News) - At least two-thirds of Kosovo's working age population is officially out of work and those with jobs are working in what a report prepared for the International Labour Organization described as "a vast grey economy" under employment conditions that amount to "a legal vacuum."

  6. Press release

    ILO opens regional conference on women in the world of work with calls for justice for women - calls Asian financial crisis dark side of globalization

    06 October 1999, MANILA

    The ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, in collaboration with the Government of the Philippines, opens a three-day meeting on women in the world of work today, calling for a "fairer, more equitable" society.

  7. Press release

    Asia and Pacific countries show progress towards strengthening status of women in the world of work

    05 October 1999, MANILA

    Asia and Pacific countries show progress towards strengthening status of women in the world of work, however women suffered disproportionally from the Asian financial crisis, according to new ILO report.

  8. Press release

    New horizons for Cambodians with disabilities Prime Minister opens seminar

    01 October 1999, PHNOM PENH

    Seminar seeks to fuse the efforts of 15 different ministries into a coherent approach that will give Cambodians wirh disabilities a chance to generate an income for themselves and their families.

  9. Press release

    Industry leaders bank on quality and social responsibility in global economy

    22 September 1999, BANGKOK

    ILO Tripartite Meeting on Enterprise and Society Partnerships, stresses the importance of linking good economic performance to good social performance and sound environmental practice.