Promotional materials
2010
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ILO in the media
CNN Interviews Juan Somavia During Rescue of Chilean Miners
13 October 2010
CNN's Richard Quest interviews Juan Somavia, the ILO's Director-General and former Chilean ambassador to the United Nations, about the rescue of the Chilean miners and the hazards of working in the mining industry.
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Video interview
ILO Director-General Juan Somavia highlights the courage of the 33 Chilean miners
13 October 2010
With the rescue team still at work, ILO Director General Juan Somavia spoke with ILO TV and emphasized the strength and courage of the 33 trapped Chilean miners, their families and the Chilean people who together made possible what seemed so impossible.
2005
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Video
Children Exploited in Mongolian Gold Rush
27 June 2005
Many of those working in makeshift Mongolian gold mines are children whose families seek a way out of poverty. The ILO is trying to remove these children from one of the most hazardous jobs in the world.
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Video
PERU: CHILD LABOUR IN GOLD MINES
23 June 2005
In Peru, up to 50 000 children work as gold miners in small-scale mines, braving dangerous conditions and constantly at risk from accidents. In Santa Filomena, the International Labour Organization is working together with a local group to put an end to child labour.
2002
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Video
Small scale mines in Bolivia
29 May 2002
Mining is a dangerous occupation the world over, but in the small scale mines of Bolivia the fatality rate is 90 per cent higher than that faced by miners in industrialized countries. The dangers of makeshift mines, ranging from dust and noise to inexperience, are explained in a new manual from the International Labour Organization, as ILO TV reports.