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May 2021
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International Labour Day
Call to redouble efforts to ensure decent work for migrant workers
01 May 2021
We are at a turning point. As the world looks to build back better from the global COVID-19 crisis we must redouble our efforts to ensure decent work for migrant workers in a more sustainable, equal, and resilient post-pandemic world.
April 2014
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Statement
ICOH declaration on the World Day for Safety and Health at Work
27 April 2014
The International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) renews its call for joint actions for developing occupational safety and health (OSH) programmes meeting the changing needs at the workplace in a globalized economy.
September 2013
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Exhibition
ILO showcases Decent Work at CERN Open Day weekend
30 September 2013
As the world's largest particle physics laboratory opened its doors to the public the weekend of 28-29 September, the ILO showed the difference decent work makes to peoples' lives from school to retirement, with a fun exhibition that allowed visitors to make their very own contribution to the campaigns to end modern-day slavery and stop child labour.
September 2011
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Video
ILO and WTO Directors-General Juan Somavia and Pascal Lamy launch a joint study "Making globalization socially sustainable"
20 September 2011
ILO Director-General Juan Somavia and WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy announced the publication of a joint study by the two organizations that examines the way globalization is linked to employment, uncertainty and inequality in the labour market. Marion Jansen (ILO) and Marc Bacchetta (WTO), editors of the volume, summarized the findings in front of an audience at WTO headquarters on September 20, 2011.
July 2007
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News
The CEB Toolkit for Mainstreaming Employment and Decent Work presented at the ECOSOC
06 July 2007
One year ago, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) approved a Ministerial Declaration encouraging the UN system to develop a toolkit to promote decent work. Since then the ILO has worked closely with other agencies through the Chief Executives Board (CEB) chaired by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The final product, a CEB Toolkit for Mainstreaming Employment and Decent Work, is designed to help organizations throughout the multilateral system assess and improve employment and decent work outcomes of their own policies, programmes and activities.