News and articles

2008

  1. Press release

    ILO organizes pandemic human influenza preparedness training for Thai SMEs

    13 August 2008,

    Training to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) protect their workers and businesses from future Pandemic Human Influenza is being organized in Thailand.

  2. Press release

    Improved migration infrastructure needed to better protect soaring South Asian labour migrants

    14 July 2008,

    Protection for the soaring number of migrant workers from South Asia – and the ability or inability of countries to provide this protection – will be the focus of an international conference to be held in Dhaka Sheraton Hotel , Bangladesh from 15 to 16 July 2008.

  3. Press release

    Media Advisory: 21 Asia-Pacific countries to discuss extending social security coverage Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi 19-20 May 2008

    14 July 2008,

    The recruitment process for Indonesian and Vietnamese migrant workers in the Republic of Korea will be discussed at two international meetings being organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Korea. The two national workshops – one in Indonesia and one in Vietnam - will discuss ways of making the recruitment and selection processes used in Korea more efficient and transparent, and to find remedies to the problems Indonesian and Vietnamese workers commonly confront.

  4. Press release

    Bicycle rally against human trafficking and child labour

    26 June 2008,

    Labour Rights Promotion Network (LPN), supported by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and MTV Exit, will launch a bicycle rally from Prachuap Khiri Khan Province through four provinces to Samut Sakhon from 26 to 29 June. The aim is to raise awareness on the fight against child labour and human trafficking.

  5. Press release

    ILO signs US$1 million partnership agreement with Korean Government

    25 June 2008,

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of the Republic of Korea have signed a US$1,040,000 partnership agreement funding ILO work in more than 11 countries in Asia and the Pacific.

  6. Press release

    ILO Governing Body elects new Chairperson ─ Committee on Freedom of Association cites Guatemala, Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Iran, and Venezuela

    13 June 2008,

    The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) elected H.E. Mr. Zdzislaw Rapacki, Ambassador of Poland to the Conference on Disarmament and Permanent Representative of Poland to the United Nations Office in Geneva as Chairperson for its 2008-09 Session.

  7. Press release

    Asia-Pacific marks World Day Against Child Labour with focus on Education

    10 June 2008,

    World Day Against Child Labour (12 June) will be marked with a focus on the role of education in combating child labour, and particularly the need to improve children’s access to schooling.

  8. Press release

    New Asian members elected to ILO Governing Body

    05 June 2008,

    Three Asian countries have been elected as new members of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization. The Governments of Bangladesh and Singapore will join as Regular Members, and Thailand will join as a Deputy Member.

  9. Press release

    XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work - World Summit on Safety and Health, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 29 June – 2 July 2008

    02 June 2008,

    Some 4,000 industry leaders, policy-makers and experts from over 100 countries are to gather in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 29 June to 2 July for the XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work.

  10. Press release

    Tuvalu becomes 182nd ILO Member State

    02 June 2008,

    Tuvalu has become the 182nd Member State of the International Labour Organization (ILO)...