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Arab States

Workers in Duhok planting a landscape area as part of the ILO afforestation project in Kurdistan Region of Iraq © ILO/ Karam Al Snjarae/ Duhok/ November 2023

The International Labour Organization (ILO) established its Regional Office for Arab States (ILO ROAS) in 1976 and has worked ever since to advance the ILO’s core values across the Arab region.  

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    Ruba Jaradat
    ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Arab States
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Climate change creates a ‘cocktail’ of serious health hazards for 70 per cent of the world’s workers

The UAE introduces voluntary pensions to replace end-of-service indemnities, joining an increasing trend of reforms across the GCC countries
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The UAE introduces voluntary pensions to replace end-of-service indemnities, joining an increasing trend of reforms across the GCC countries

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Development Cooperation Dashboard

Development Cooperation Dashboard

The dashboard offers interactive visualizations of ILO development cooperation projects across the Arab States

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Projects and programmes

Supporting Resilience and Social Cohesion with Decent Livelihood Opportunities

Supporting Resilience and Social Cohesion with Decent Livelihood Opportunities

Supporting Resilient Livelihoods, Food Security and Climate Adaptation in Yemen, Joint Programme (ERRY III)

Supporting Resilient Livelihoods, Food Security and Climate Adaptation in Yemen, Joint Programme (ERRY III)

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Publications

Diagnostic analysis of informality in agriculture, agri-food, and construction

ILO Report

Diagnostic analysis of informality in agriculture, agri-food, and construction

Impact of the war in Gaza on the labour market and livelihoods in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Bulletin No. 3

ILO Brief - Bulletin No. 3

Impact of the war in Gaza on the labour market and livelihoods in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Bulletin No. 3

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Multimedia

Mosaic of ILO photos from the Arab States
The Government of Papua New Guinea deposits instruments of ratification of ILO Conventions Nos 81, 144 and 190

Labour standards

The Government of Papua New Guinea deposits instruments of ratification of ILO Conventions Nos 81, 144 and 190
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Labour statistics

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Events

Youth Leadership in Action: Supporting work for, with, and by young people in forced displacement

ECOSOC Youth Forum 2024

Youth Leadership in Action: Supporting work for, with, and by young people in forced displacement

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