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Transformed food systems can help achieve sustainable development goals

The ILO and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) co-lead a new international coalition to advance decent work for people working in food systems.

• UN Network on Migration statement on the role of migrants in sustainable food systems

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ILO takes part in UN General Assembly

Discussions on social protection and poverty are on the ILO agenda at the 76th UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. Watch a conversation held at the Sustainable Development Goals Action Zone, with ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, on how improvements in working conditions and social protection can be realized and what the path out of the crisis needs to look like for the global labour market.

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Global dialogue for safe and healthy work for all

From 20 to 23 September, high-level policy makers, workers, employers, activists, experts and decision-makers from 125 countries will explore critical occupational safety and health issues. Follow their debates and join the virtual ILO-ISSA world congress hosted this year by Canada.

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WHO/ILO: Almost 2 million people die from work-related causes each year

The first WHO/ILO global estimates on disease and injury in the workplace outline the level of preventable premature deaths due to exposure to work-related health risks.

• Report: WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury, 2000–2016
• Visualization of country-level disease burden, with gender and age breakdowns

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