News
April 2022
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News
ILO and IMO call for urgent action on seafarers stranded in Ukraine following Russian aggression
08 April 2022
An estimated 1,000 seafarers are currently stranded in Ukrainian ports and waters with dwindling vital supplies.
March 2022
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Ukraine
ILO Governing Body adopts resolution on Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine
24 March 2022
A resolution passed by the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization calls on the Russian Federation to ‘immediately and unconditionally cease its aggression’.
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Ukraine
ILO Director-General condemns the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine
03 March 2022
"The ILO’s duty is to stand in solidarity with the government, workers, and employers of Ukraine and to join with the rest of the United Nations system in providing all possible assistance to them," says the ILO Director-General.
July 2018
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Local employment partnerships
ILO launches single biggest project in South-Eastern Europe to promote jobs in Ukraine
18 July 2018
New ILO programme brings together businesses, schools, employment services, the social partners and other civil society organizations to create jobs for youth, women and people in rural areas.
July 2017
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Occupational Safety and Health
New ILO Project aims to reduce work accidents and occupational diseases in Ukrainian mines
13 July 2017
ILO News talked to Kenichi Hirose, Senior Social Protection Specialist, ILO-Budapest, and Iryna Peksheva, National Project Coordinator, Kyiv, about a new ILO project aimed at improving safety and health for Ukrainian miners. In June, they visited three mines to assess safety and identify areas for priority action.
June 2016
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Social Security
Ukraine ratifies the major Social Security Convention of the ILO
06 June 2016
During the 105th session of the International Labour Conference, Ukraine became the 53rd ILO Member State to ratify Convention No. 102 on minimum standards of social security - the key international instrument defining a comprehensive and adequate social security system.
August 2015
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Economic recovery in Ukraine
More and better jobs for the Ukrainian people are key to recovery
20 August 2015
Read about how the conflict in Ukraine has affected the economic and employment situation in the country and what the ILO is doing to support the recovery.
April 2015
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News
Employers’ organizations work towards improving the enabling environment for sustainable enterprises
21 April 2015
Representatives of employers’ organizations from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, met in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 20-21 April 2015 at an ILO Sub-regional conference to discuss the Enabling Environment of Sustainable Enterprises (EESE).
June 2014
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New Report
ILO: Social protection helps people living with HIV keep their jobs
27 June 2014
New ILO study shows that social protection plays a key role in helping people living with HIV to keep their jobs and follow treatment.
December 2010
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News
ILO and EU to launch new project on improving safety and health at work
02 December 2010
Responding to a pressing need to improve the safety and health of workers, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the European Union are launching a new project aimed at reducing occupational accidents and diseases in six countries in Eastern Europe (Ukraine and Moldova), Africa (Zambia and Malawi) and Central America (Honduras and Nicaragua).