International Labour Conference documents

PR no. 15 - Report of the Committee on Sustainable Enterprises

Draft Report of the Committee on Strengthening the ILO's Capacity

PR no. 12 - Report of the Committee on the Fishing Sector

PR no. 5 - First sitting: Wednesday, 30 May 2007

PR no. 1 Report of the Chairperson of the Governing Body to the Conference for the year 2006-07

The Director-General’s Programme and Budget Proposals for 2008–09, ILC 95th session, 2006

Eradication of forced labour - General Survey concerning the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), and the Abolition of Forced Labour...

The Survey by the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations of the national legislation and practice on forced labour.

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

95th session of the International Labour Conference, 2006The end of child labour: Together we can do it

This year's International Labour Conference will also focus on global activities against child labour. On 9 June, the Conference Plenary will discuss the ILO's new Global Report on child labour, including a special event highlighting the progress...

95th session of the International Labour Conference, 2006"Papa na come": Liberia rises from the ashes, exchanges guns for jobs

Fourteen years of civil war killed 250,000 of the 5 million Liberians, displaced most of the others, quadrupled the number of people living with HIV/AIDS and left the country with a US$3.5 billion external debt.

95th session of the International Labour Conference, 2006Breaking out of informality: Amina, the Queen of Oranges

With between a half and two-thirds of the world's working women and men outside the formal economy, breaking out of informality is the single biggest challenge for labour market governance worldwide.

General Survey of reports concerning Labour Inspection Conventions and Recommendations, ILC 95th Session, Report III (Part B)

95th session of the International Labour Conference, 2006Singapore: Charting a new roadmap for safer workplaces

The Conference Committee on Safety and Health will consider a promotional framework for occupational safety and health (OSH), including a Convention supplemented by a Recommendation. The proposed instruments would support placing occupational safety...

93rd International Labour Conference Closing the "hope gap": youth speak about finding jobs

A recent high-level discussion held by the Youth Employment Network (YEN) brought international policy-makers face-to-face with young people to discuss the role of youth employment in the international development agenda. That agenda has been the...

93rd International Labour Conference Armenia: part of decent work is being safe at work

Safety at work in Armenia has been deteriorating since the Soviet Union's collapse. The situation is typical for many transition countries but Armenia has taken the first steps now to promote safer and healthier working environments. Occupational...

93rd International Labour Conference Azerbaijan: Leading the way to decent work for youth

Delegates to the International Labour Conference discussed youth unemployment which has reached record levels in recent years. In Azerbaijan, young people account for 69 per cent of the country's unemployment. Olga Bogdanova from the ILO Office,...

93rd International Labour Conference ILO Knowledge Fair: Uniting workers and employers to address the challenges of the informal economy

As recent campaigns to end poverty have shown, a common cause links people worldwide: at the International Labour Organization's annual conference, a Knowledge Fair on the informal economy sponsored by the ILO secretariat with financial support from...