June 2006

1. News

   Europe takes steps to combat trafficking for forced labour

   27 June 2006

   Global alliance required to halt the trafficking of 2.4 million people worldwide.

2. 

   Press release

   ILO's 95th annual Conference concludes

   16 June 2006

   The 95th Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded its work here today following extensive debates centred on the profoundly changing patterns in the world of work and promoting decent work in the 21st Century.

3. Article

   95th session of the International Labour Conference, 2006
   Combining labour market flexibility and security in the West Balkans

   16 June 2006

   With Montenegro's recent decision to separate from Serbia, the break-up of the former Yugoslavia has probably come to an end. After years of steep economic decline, political turmoil and armed conflict in the West Balkan countries, growth rates picked up in the second half of the 1990s although this economic dynamism did not translate into lower unemployment levels.

4. News

   ILO to receive support in cash and kind for promotion of safety and health in the workplace
   Düsseldorf Trade Fair and Federal Association for Occupational Safety and Health will fund international conferences on safety and health at work

   15 June 2006

   Some 2.2 million people die each year through work-related accidents and diseases, according to ILO statistics. This figure alone illustrates the importance of improved safety and health conditions in the workplace.

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   Press release

   ILO adopts new measures on occupational safety and health, the employment relationship, asbestos

   15 June 2006

   The 95th annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) has adopted a series of standards and measures addressing health and safety of workers and flexibile working arrangements.

6. Article

   Final whistle to human trafficking and sexual exploitation

   15 June 2006

   As the football World Cup 2006 gets underway, a German NGO has launched a campaign against human trafficking for labour and sexual exploitation. According to German police sources, fears that the number of women trafficked for sex work during the games might go into the tens of thousands have failed to materialize.

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   Press release

   New forms of violence at work on the rise worldwide, says the ILO

   14 June 2006

   Violence at work, ranging from bullying and mobbing, to threats by psychologically unstable co-workers, sexual harassment and homicide, is increasing worldwide and has reached epidemic levels in some countries, according to a new ILO publication.

8. Article

   95th session of the International Labour Conference, 2006
   Unsafe workplaces: Labour inspectors face daunting challenges

   14 June 2006

   Many of the 6,000 deaths that occur daily due to work-related accidents or diseases could be prevented by effective labour inspection. Yet this vital aspect of workplace safety and health is facing a number of challenges, including a lack of training, inappropriate resources and even violence.

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   Article

   95th session of the International Labour Conference, 2006
   Start your business, tailor your life

   14 June 2006

   According to the ILO Director-General Juan Somavia's report to the Conference, global unemployment increased by 21.9 per cent between 1995 and 2005. Among the main factors contributing to this rise, the report cites, is the deterioration of the employment situation in Eastern European and Central Asian transition countries.

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    Article

    95th session of the International Labour Conference, 2006
    Occupational safety and health in Kazakhstan: A model for Central Asia

    13 June 2006

    After the collapse of the Soviet Union, working conditions in Kazakhstan deteriorated much the same way as in other former Soviet republics. In the 1990s, more than 3,000 occupational accidents were registered officially each year, causing the death of more than 300 workers.