News on child labour
2002
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Working street children in Greece
14 February 2002
The trafficking of children from country to country is seen as one of the worst forms of child labour, according to the International Labour Organization. As ILO TV now reports from Greece, youngsters often end up working and living on the streets, but the reasons behind the phenomenon - and the children’s legal situation - are complex.
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Romanian street children
06 February 2002
Beneath the streets of the Romanian capital, Bucharest, live hundreds of children who barely survive through begging, working on the streets or prostitution. The International Labour Organization is funding efforts to get them off the streets and back with their families, as ILO TV now reports.
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Press release
ILO waves "red card" at child labour
15 January 2002
GENEVA (ILO News) - The International Labour Organization (ILO) will launch its "Red Card to Child Labour" campaign this week to coincide with the start of the 2002 African Cup of Nations that begins Saturday (Jan. 19) in Bamako, Mali.
2001
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WORKING STREET CHILDREN IN ST. PETERSBURG
14 December 2001
Beneath the palace-lined streets of St. Petersburg, live 16,000 children and their numbers are growing. Working street children are a new phenomenon in Russia brought on by the collapse of the Soviet system of support. They are only now learning how to cope.
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Press release
Agreement to end child labour on cocoa farms
01 October 2001
GENEVA (ILO News) - The International Labour Organization (ILO) today welcomed the agreement between two members of the U.S. Congress and representatives of the world chocolate industry to eliminate child slavery on West African cocoa plantations and end the worst forms of child labour in the global cocoa-chocolate sector.
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Press release
ILO launches new "time-bound" programmes against worst forms of child labour
12 June 2001
GENEVA (ILO News) - The International Labour Organization (ILO) is to launch a bold new initiative on Tuesday, 12 June aimed at greatly accelerating the removal of millions of children from the most abusive forms of child labour.
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TIME-BOUND PROGRAMME ON CHILD LABOUR
25 May 2001
Three years ago, the International Labour Organization adopted a convention against worst forms of child labour, including the use of children in mining, sexual exploitation and domestic work. Now three countries are stepping up the pace to stop child labour. ILO TV reports.
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Press release
ILO calls on UN General Assembly Special Session to emphasize child labour
26 January 2001
GENEVA (ILO News) - The International Labour Office (ILO) is urging that the global scourge of child labour be a major focus of the upcoming United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children.
2000
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Press release
ILO worst forms of child labour Convention comes into force
17 November 2000
GENEVA (ILO News) - The global campaign against the worst forms of child labour receives a powerful new boost on Sunday, 19 November, the date when the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Convention No. 182 comes into force as international law.
1999
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Press release
U.S. ratifies ILO Convention against the worst forms of child labour
02 December 1999
SEATTLE (ILO News) - "U.S. President Clinton's signing today in Seattle of the instruments of ratification of the new international Convention against the worst forms of child labour is an important boost to the campaign for universal adoption of this landmark agreement," said Mr. Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Office (ILO)