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June 2010

  1. 99th International Labour Conference - Side event

    Recovering From the Crisis - A Chinese Experience

    10 June 2010

    A panel discussion on promoting employment in China during the financial crisis, provided examples of Global Jobs Pact implementation at the local level. The delegation consisted of Wang Yadong, Deputy Director-General of the Employment Promotion Department at China's Ministry of Human Resource and Social Security (MOHRSS), together with his social partners from the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), represented by its Director-General, Jiang Guangping, and the China Enterprise Confederation (CEC), represented by Li Jianming.

  2. Statement

    Message by the Director-General of the ILO on the occasion of World Day against Child Labour

    10 June 2010

    This World Day against Child Labour comes at a critical juncture in the global campaign against child labour and the goal of ending its worst forms by 2016.

  3. Video

    Delegate Dialogues: Ezequiel Consiglio, Superintendencia de Riesgos del Trabajo, Argentina - Committee for HIV/AIDS (in Spanish)

    09 June 2010

    ILO TV interviews delegates participating in the Committee for HIV/AIDS at the 99th International Labour Conference in Geneva from 2-18 June 2010. The committee members have discussed a proposed new labour standard on HIV/AIDS in the world of work. The proposed standard contains provisions on prevention programmes and anti-discrimination measures at national and workplace levels aimed at strengthening the contribution of the world of work to universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.

  4. Video

    Delegate Dialogues: Shamsuddin Bardam, Executive Director, Malaysia Employers Federation

    09 June 2010

  5. Video

    Delegate Dialogues: Brenda V. Cuthbert, Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Employers' Federation

    09 June 2010

  6. Video

    Delegate Dialogues: Gabriel Ant. del Rio Doñé, Secretary General, Confederación Autónoma Sindical Clasista, Dominican Republic (in Spanish)

    08 June 2010

  7. 99th International Labour Conference - Side event

    Panel Discussion: "Don't Waste the Crisis - Critical Perspectives for a New Economic Model"

    08 June 2010

    The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and ILO/ACTRAV hosted a panel discussion to launch the book: "Don't waste the crisis - critical perspectives for a new economic model". The panel discussion was chaired by Frank Hoffer, ILO ACTRAV, with speakers including John Evans, General Secretary TUAC, Raymond Torres, Director, ILO/IILS, Nicolas Pons-Vignon, Editor, University of the Witwatersrand, and Dan Cunniah, Director of ILO/ACTRAV.

  8. Video

    Interview with John Evans, General Secretary, TUAC

    08 June 2010

    ILO TV interviewed John Evans, General Secretary of the TUAC who participated in a panel discussion to launch the book: "Don't waste the crisis - critical perspectives for a new economic model".

  9. World Day Against Child Labour

    Brazilian football star Robinho teams up with ILO against child labour

    08 June 2010

    The Brazilian football star Robson de Souza, better known as Robinho, has lent his support to the International Labour Organization’s campaign to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in Brazil.

  10. Crisis response

    Recovering from the crisis – A Chinese experience

    07 June 2010

    Join us for a panel discussion: 10 June, 14:00-15:00, Room IX, ILO Geneva