1999

1. Press release

   Better business for better societies

   21 September 1999, BANGKOK

   Asia-Pacific Round Table on Enterprise-Society Partnerships, hosted by the ILO, focus on human resources management, corporate citizenship and small business development.

2. Press release

   New Convention and campaign to eliminate worst forms of child labour

   07 September 1999, BANGKOK

   Global ILO campaign begins in Asia for ratification of its new Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182).

3. Press release

   High-level ILO workshop on workers' rights in Thailand

   11 February 1999, BANGKOK

   Thailand’s increasing commitment to international labour standards comes up for discussion at a high-level workshop on labour rights convened by the ILO.

4. Press release

   ILO focuses on safeguarding human rights

   08 February 1999, BANGKOK

   Representatives of governments, employers and workers from 25 Asia-Pacific meet to help bring to the region the benefits of the recently adopted ILO Declaration on Fundamental Rights and Principles at Work.

5. Press release

   Asia-Pacific crisis reversing decades of progress as labour market woes deepen

   13 January 1999, BANGKOK

   ILO report warns that the Asian financial crisis has reversed decades of progress towards full employment in Indonesia, the Republic of Korea and Thailand, and has sharply reduced job prospects for workers throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

6. Press release

   ILO meeting highlights Asia jobs challenge

   13 January 1999, BANGKOK

   Representatives from 12 Asian countries, attending an ILO Tripartite Meeting, prioritizes job creation policy in the wake of the Asian financial crisis.