News
June 2010
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ILO-UN Social Protection Floor Initiative
ILO-UN Social Protection Floor Initiative: The role of social security in crisis response and recovery, and beyond
16 June 2010
The crisis has reinforced the perception that the extension of social security should be a high priority. While in many developing countries social security systems were previously considered unaffordable, they are now regarded as important investments to support sustainable economic growth. Furthermore, in times of crisis, social security systems are playing an essential role as economic stabilizers. Interview with Michael Cichon, Director of the ILO’s Social Security Department, about the UN Social Protection Floor Initiative and social security in times of crisis.
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Social dialogue
Mexico presents successful social dialogue project at the International Labour Conference
15 June 2010
The Secretary of Labour and Social Welfare of Mexico, Javier Lozano, presented at the 99th International Labour Conference in Geneva "a successful program" to modernize work in the sugar cane industry, and stressed the importance of an effective social dialogue to face the challenge of productivity.
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HIV/AIDS
ILO to vote on new international labour standard on HIV and AIDS
15 June 2010
The annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) will vote on Thursday 17 June on a new international labour standard on HIV and AIDS and the world of work.
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Decent Work
Sultanate of Oman signs Decent Work Country Programme, the second Gulf country after the Kingdom of Bahrain
15 June 2010
The Decent Work Country Programme for the Sultanate of Oman was launched today at the 99th session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva.
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Cooperation against Child Labour
Brazil, U.S. and ILO to expand fight against child labour in post-earthqake Haiti - first ILO North-South-South "triangular agreement"
15 June 2010
Brazil and the United States have joined forces to expand the fight against child labour in Haiti, in the first “triangular agreement” on North-South-South cooperation to be signed under the auspices of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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99th International Labour Conference
"Real economy" leaders discuss policy responses to global economic and jobs crisis
14 June 2010
Leaders from the real economy, meeting at the International Labour Organization's annual conference, held a high-level debate on ways out of the global economic and jobs crisis and called for an urgent, balanced policy approach that would combine economic recovery with jobs growth.
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99th International Labour Conference
ILO Director-General calls for focus on reactivating real economy and creating jobs
14 June 2010
In a message to the annual Conference of the International Labour Organization, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia called for “reactivating the real economy and creating jobs” as the key to emerging from the global economic crisis.
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99th International Labour Conference
High-level panel at ILO Conference to discuss future of jobs recovery and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
11 June 2010
Leaders from the real economy – government, labour, employers and civil society – are to discuss the impact of the current economic and jobs crises on employment policy and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) during a high-level event at the annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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Article
‘The main change has to happen in peoples’ minds’: a child labour film programme in Kyrgyzstan
11 June 2010
The ILO Global Report “Accelerating action against child labour“, launched in May 2010 calls for “better targeted advocacy” based on “filling important knowledge gaps and making greater use of the media”. This story shows how a small-scale but successful child labour awareness programme in one of the Central Asian countries is putting this kind of advocacy to work.
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99th International Labour Conference
New ILO report on the situation of workers in the occupied Arab territories
10 June 2010
The annual report of the International Labour Office (ILO) on the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories shows some improvement in the economic situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory although the latter remains precarious, particularly in Gaza.