Press releases

June 2004

  1. Press release

    92nd annual Conference of the ILO concludes its work Delegates debate action to make globalization fair, adopt plan of action for migrant workers

    17 June 2004

    The 92nd annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded its work today following an extensive and constructive debate on the social dimension of globalization, as well as the adoption of a new plan of action designed to provide a fair deal for the world's migrant workers.

  2. Press release

    ILO adopts plan to give fair deal to 86 million migrant workers

    16 June 2004

    The annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) today adopted a new plan designed to provide a fair deal for some 86 million migrant workers in the global economy.

  3. Press release

    ILO Conference moves to improve safety, working conditions in fishing sector

    15 June 2004

    The ILO Committee on Work in the Fishing Sector concluded preliminary discussions today aimed at establishing new international legal instruments revising existing ILO standards (five Conventions and two Recommendations - Note 1) adopted between 1920 and 1966.

  4. Press release

    World Day Against Child Labour: New ILO report highlights plight of children in domestic labour

    11 June 2004

    Child domestic labour is a widespread and growing global phenomenon that traps as many as ten million children or more - mostly girls - in hidden forms of exploitation, often involving abuse, health risks and violence, according to a new report issued today by the International Labour Office (ILO).

  5. Press release

    President of the Government of Spain addresses 92nd ILO Conference: Calls for "a globalization process with a social dimension"

    09 June 2004

    In his first address to a United Nations organization since becoming President of the Government of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero today stressed the importance of giving a "social dimension to globalization" and establishing decent work as a universal goal.

  6. Press release

    ILO Director-General cites four key challenges for building a fair globalization: Says labour organization faces "defining moment"

    07 June 2004

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) faces a "defining moment" in its quest for a fair globalization, Director-General Juan Somavia said today in an address to tripartite delegates representing 177 member States at the 92nd International Labour Conference.

  7. Press release

    State, Government, tripartite leaders urge a fair globalization: Provide strong political endorsement of World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization

    07 June 2004

    Heads of state and government and tripartite leaders from across the globe, addressing the 92nd International Labour Conference, today voiced strong political support for the conclusions of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization as a foundation for new, more coherent policies aimed at making globalization fair.

  8. Press release

    Note to correspondents: ILO releases 93 country survey on labour migration

    04 June 2004

    The International Labour Office (ILO) today published a comprehensive new survey on labour migration that provides, for the first time, detailed information on migration laws, policies and practices in 93 countries.

  9. Press release

    Unemployment, poverty grips Palestinian workers

    01 June 2004

  10. Press release

    International Labour Conference opens: ILO is key to a fair globalization, Director-General says

    01 June 2004

    General of the International Labour Office, Juan Somavia, declared today as the ILO opened its 92nd annual International Labour Conference.