News and articles

2011

  1. Press release

    ILO & Singapore Ministry of Manpower sign partnership agreement to improve labour and workplace practices

    15 June 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

    The ILO and the Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM) have signed a two-year Partnership Agreement to improve human resource development and workplace practices in the ASEAN region.

  2. Press release

    ILO & Japan sign agreement to boost social protection in Asia

    15 June 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

    An agreement aimed at bolstering the development of social safety nets in Asia has been signed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Japanese Government.

  3. Press release

    Indonesian President calls for Global Coalition for Youth Employment

    14 June 2011,

    The President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has called for a global coalition to tackle youth employment in an address to a special session of the 100th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva.

  4. Child labour

    Meeting in response to the World Day Against Child Labour

    10 June 2011,

    The International Labour Organization together with the Administration for Protection and Care of Children under Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs organized a meeting to commemorate the World Day Against Child Labour aiming at raising public and political awareness for campaigns to end child labour in Viet Nam on 10 June 2011.

  5. Press release

    World Day against Child Labour: Warning! Children in hazardous work! End child labour!

    10 June 2011,

    In a new report issued for World Day Against Child Labour, the International Labour Organization (ILO) warns that a staggeringly high number of children are still caught in hazardous work – some 115 million of the world’s 215 million child labourers – and calls for urgent action to halt the practice. The report, “Children in hazardous work: what we know, what we need to do,” cites studies from both industrialized and developing countries indicating that every minute of every day, a child labourer somewhere in the world suffers a work-related accident, illness or psychological trauma.

  6. Press release

    World Day Against Child Labour 2011; ILO calls for urgent action against hazardous forms of child labour

    10 June 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

    In a new report issued for World Day Against Child Labour, the International Labour Organization (ILO) warns that a staggeringly high number of children are still caught in hazardous work – some 115 million of the world’s 215 million child labourers – and calls for urgent action to halt the practice.

  7. Press release

    New project to improve Afghan labour laws and administration, promote decent work

    02 June 2011, Kabul, Afghanista

    (LO NEWS – Kabul) A new project to strengthen labour law and administration in Afghanistan will be launched today by the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled (MoLSAMD) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations specialised agency dealing with work and work-related issues.

  8. Press release

    ILO and BP sign a Public Private Partnership agreement in Indonesia

    01 June 2011,

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) and BP have signed a Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement to promote employability and entrepreneurship among Papuan youth in Bintuni Bay Area, West Papua, an emerging oil and gas cluster in Indonesia. The agreement was signed in Jakarta on 30 May by Mr Nico Kanter, Head of Country, BP Indonesia and Mr Peter van Rooij, Country Director of the ILO in Indonesia.

  9. Press release

    International Children's Day and the World Day against Child Labour 2011 in Cambodia

    26 May 2011,

    Celebrations of the International Children's Day and the start of the observance of the WDACL in Cambodia was presided over by H.E Mrs Man Sam An, Deputy Prime Minister of the Royal Government of Cambodia.

  10. Press release

    Indonesia to improve its tourism statistics to create better jobs in tourism industry

    26 May 2011,

    Tourism plays a key role in the economic development of Indonesia. Last year, the contribution of the tourism industry to the GDP was more than 3 per cent and the number of visitors to the country is also continuously growing, around 7 million foreign visitors in 2010 and more than 122 million domestic tourists in 2010.