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86th Session
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Report I
Report of the Director-General:
Activities of the ILO, 1996-97
First item on the agenda
International Labour Office Geneva
ISBN 92-2-110649-7
ISSN 0074-6681
CONTENTS
1. Promoting democracy and human rights
International labour standards and human rights
Labour law and labour relations
Labour administration
Employers' activities
Workers' activities
Sectoral activities
2. The fight against unemployment and poverty
Employment strategies
Labour statistics
Policies and programmes for development
Entrepreneurship and management development
Cooperatives
The informal sector
Training
3. Equality and social protection
Equality for women in employment
Elimination of child labour
Migrant workers
Indigenous and tribal peoples
Persons with disabilities
Occupational safety and health
Environment and the world of work
Conditions of work
Social security
4. Turin Centre and International Institute for Labour Studies
5. Active partnership: Regional activities
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Action taken on the resolutions adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 80th to 85th Sessions (1993-97) | |
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Appropriations and expenditure by major programme, 1996-97 | |
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Expenditure on technical cooperation programmes, 1996-97 | |
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Expenditure on technical cooperation by field of activity and source of funds, 1996-97 | |
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Expenditure on technical cooperation by country and area and by source of funds, 1996-97 | |
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Meetings held in 1996-97 | |
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New priced publications issued in 1996-97 | |
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States Members of the ILO at 30 January 1998 | |
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Number of cases examined by the Committee on Freedom of Association (1986-97) | |
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Women's activity rates for the age group 20-54 years in 1950, 1970, 1990 and 2010 (world, more developed and less developed regions) | |
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Appendix: |
Report on the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories
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The Governing Body and the International Labour Conference have decided that the essential missions of the ILO are to serve as --
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a focal point for the preparation and application of standards relating to workers' rights;
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a source of technical services to all its constituents; and
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an authoritative centre of excellence and reference in the field of employment and labour.
This report describes ILO action undertaken during the 1996-97 biennium in response to these missions. It demonstrates a vigorous effort to improve the Organization's relevance, impact and visibility.
The 1996-97 biennium started in difficult financial circumstances, and a variety of austerity measures had to be implemented. These financial problems followed several biennia of budgetary uncertainty and restraint, coupled with increasing demands for the ILO's services. While some activities had to be eliminated and many were implemented with reduced resources, the ILO's dedicated staff have nonetheless accomplished a great deal.
The ILO's activities fall under three priority objectives: supporting democracy and fundamental workers' rights, including the wider observance of international labour standards; promoting employment and reducing poverty; and protecting working people. The first three chapters of this report summarize a wide range of ILO activities to assist constituents in member States in advancing towards these objectives. Details are given of research work, of ILO publications, and of technical advisory services to assist ministries of labour and other public authorities, as well as employers' and workers' organizations. Chapter 4 concerns the activities of the International Institute for Labour Studies and the ILO's Turin Centre in relation to the same objectives.
Chapter 5 describes the technical activities of the ILO in the field, including in particular the work of the 14 multidisciplinary teams in operation in five regions. The sixth and last chapter relates to service and support activities in the Office. These activities include personnel and financial administration, computer systems, press relations, the library and other services.
This report also contains a number of annexes, covering action taken on resolutions adopted by the International Labour Conference, appropriations and expenditure for the biennium (for the first time), technical cooperation expenditure, meetings and publications.
The Internet version of this report provides hyperlinks giving the reader access to the full texts of a wide range of ILO research reports, working papers, documents prepared for meetings and training materials, as well as to summaries of all sales publications. This innovation transforms the report into an instrument for the dissemination of information about ILO action as well as a source of ILO data and analysis on current issues in the world of work.
In order to have their full impact, the activities described in this report depend on the follow-up action of governments, employers and workers and their organizations, and the wider public. I count on readers of this report -- including its new electronic audience -- to make full use of the ILO's efforts in the pursuit of social justice.
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23 March 1998 |
Michel HANSENNE |
The ILO and the Internet
The Internet offers the ILO a powerful tool for the dissemination of a broad range of labour-related information, not only to its tripartite constituents, but also to government agencies other than ministries of labour and a wide variety of national and international NGOs, academic institutions and scholars, as well as the public at large. The ILO opened its home page on the Internet early in 1996 (address http://www.ilo.org ), and with each passing month more information is being made available by this means. To take a few examples: by the end of 1997 most of the major bibliographical databases produced at ILO headquarters were accessible through the Internet; the texts of the ILO Constitution, international labour standards, the reports of the Director-General to the Conference and to regional meetings, and Governing Body documents are systematically being made available; and full information is now provided on the Internet concerning all ILO publications.
Article 10 of the ILO Constitution states that:
The functions of the International Labour Office shall include the collection and distribution of information on all subjects relating to the international adjustment of conditions of industrial life and labour … .
In accordance with the ILO's policy to diffuse the maximum possible amount of information by means of the Internet, the present report is being made available in full text on the Internet, and hyperlinks will enable the reader to access most of the documents mentioned in the notes at the end of each chapter. These hyperlinks will lead to the full texts of non-sales publications (i.e. a wide range of working papers, monographs, technical memoranda and manuals) and to summaries of the contents of publications available for sale. More information is thus being made available to ILO constituents and to the general public than ever before in the ILO's history.