World Day 2009 - News and events

World Day 2009 events

World Day events will be held in some 50 countries across the world. Events around the world will involve governments, employers and workers, other UN organizations and non-governmental organisations, media events, awareness raising campaigns, cultural performances and other public events.

In Geneva, the ILO will mark the World Day with a an event organised jointly with the City of Geneva and the Geneva-based community organisation Le Respect on the Place des Nations at 1400.

At 1500, a special session of the International Labour Conference will mark the World Day and the tenth anniversary of ILO Convention No. 182 concerning the Worst Forms of Child Labour. Speakers will include ILO Director-General Juan Somavia; U.S. Senator Tom Harkin; Mr. J.W. Botha, employers group spokesperson in the Committee on Child Labour of the 1999 International Labour Conference; and Sir Roy Trotman, workers group spokesperson in the Committee on Child Labour of the 1999 International Labour Conference.

At both Geneva events, the "Haba na Haba" Band composed of young musicians from Kenya will perform. The band members from the slums of Nairobi, have developed their musical skills in a youth centre supported by ILO-IPEC Programme. See the band on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxt_MpXcu5s&feature=related. Click here to access to the full programme.

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