News
March 2022
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GB roundup
Highlights of the 344th session of the ILO Governing Body
30 March 2022
The Governing Body of the International Labour Organization concluded on 25 March. ILO News discussed the key elements with Dimitrina Dimitrova, Deputy Director of the ILO’s Official Meetings, Documentation and Relations Department.
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ILO InfoStory
ILO programme implementation 2020-21
30 March 2022
New report offers detailed information on the impact of ILO work on people’s lives throughout 2020 and 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Workers with disabilities
New guide offers insights to business on employing people with disability in the Asia Pacific Region
30 March 2022
Updated ILO resource aims to help companies looking to provide accessible and supportive workplaces.
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Productivity growth
Alarming decline in labour productivity growth in Arab States – but policy reforms can fuel recovery
29 March 2022
A new report by the ILO Regional Office for Arab States analyses the main barriers to productivity growth in the region since the 1950s, and offers recommendations to raise productivity for a swift economic and employment recovery.
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Press release
New Director-General of the International Labour Organization elected
25 March 2022
The ILO Governing Body has elected Gilbert F. Houngbo as the Organization’s 11th Director-General, who will take office in October 2022.
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Interview
ILO Director-General elect: We need social and political cohesion in our world today
25 March 2022
Interviewed after his election on 25 march 2022, ILO Director-General Gilbert Houngbo highlights the need to ensure that economic progress is equitably distributed among the different segments of society. The ILO Governing Body has elected Gilbert F. Houngbo as the Organization’s 11th Director-General, who will take office in October 2022.
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344th session of the ILO Governing Body
ILO Governing Body agrees Myanmar Commission of Inquiry
25 March 2022
Decisions on Venezuela and Bangladesh were also taken at the 344th meeting of the International Labour Organization’s Governing Body.
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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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Media advisory
International Labour Organization’s Governing Body to elect new Director-General
23 March 2022
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Child Labour
Bangladesh ratifies the Minimum Age Convention
22 March 2022
Bangladesh has now ratified all ILO Fundamental instruments.