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April 2022
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ILO in action
We promote responsible business conduct in Latin America and the Carribean
04 April 2022
ILO Chief Technical Advisor, Olga Orozco, speaks from Peru about the Responsible Business Conduct project in Latin America and the Caribbean (RBCLAC), which aims to promote smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in the EU and in Latin America and the Caribbean. Funded by the European Union and implemented in collaboration with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Office of the High Commissioner of The United Nations for Human Rights (OHCHR), the project will run until the end of 2022.
May 2016
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© R. Golinelli / Bioversity Int. 2022
Jobs in Latin America
Latin American and Caribbean unemployment to rise in 2016
11 May 2016
The evolution of labour markets in the region will be analyzed at ECLAC’s thirty-sixth session, to be held in Mexico this month.
October 2010
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Video interview
ILO Director-General Juan Somavia highlights the courage of the 33 Chilean miners
13 October 2010
With the rescue team still at work, ILO Director General Juan Somavia spoke with ILO TV and emphasized the strength and courage of the 33 trapped Chilean miners, their families and the Chilean people who together made possible what seemed so impossible.
August 2010
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Video interview
Social Protection Floor For All: An Interview with Her Excellency, Michelle Bachelet
13 August 2010
Recognizing the importance of ensuring social protection for all, the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (UNCEB) adopted, in April 2009,the Social Protection Floor initiative, as one of the nine UN joint initiatives to cope with the effects of the economic crisis. This initiative is co-led by the International Labour Office and the World Health Organization. ILO TV interviews Her Excellency, Ms Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile and chairperson of the initiative's Social Protection Floor Advisory Group, which met for the first time August 11 and 12 at the ILO in Geneva.