All ILO Newsroom content

July 2008

  1. Video

    Creating Change - Responding to the HIV epidemic at work

    24 July 2008

    'Creating change' features success stories in addressing HIV/AIDS in the workplace with a special focus on behaviour change programmes. It highlights the key role of ministries of Labour, employers' and workers' organizations in creating an enabling environment by strengthening the national policy and legal framework to address stigma and discrimination, and support workplace interventions.

  2. Video

    Carlo Verdone - What Decent Work Means to Me

    22 July 2008

    Celebrated Italian actor, screenwriter and film director Carlo Verdone describes what decent work means to him in this public service announcement co-produced by the ILO and the Italian Cooperation. (In Italian with subtitles in English)

  3. News

    Indonesia ratifies ILO Convention n°185 on Seafarers’ identity documents

    16 July 2008

    The Government of Indonesia today handed over the instrument of ratification of the Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185) of the International Labour Organization.

  4. Video

    AREA: Fighting Unemployment in Argentina Through Local Economic Development

    11 July 2008

    In December 2001 Argentina was thrown into the worst financial crisis of its history. In response to the massive unemployment that ensued, the International Labour Organization, with funding from Italian Cooperation, is working with the Argentine government to adapt job training to meet the needs of emerging sectors, like Argentina’s tourism industry. (in Spanish)

  5. Publication

    Shining a light of hope: Occupational safety and health in the informal economy. Hundreds of millions of workers worldwide suffer from work-related diseases and accidents.

    09 July 2008

    The ILO estimates that hundreds of millions of workers worldwide suffer from work-related diseases and accidents, the poorest and the least protected being the worst sufferers. Bringing occupational safety and health to those working and living in the informal economy represents a particular challenge as this report from the slums of Pune in India shows.

  6. Statement

    Message from Juan Somavia Director-General of the International Labour Office: "Confronting Climate Change through Cooperative Enterprise"

    04 July 2008

  7. Article

    Promotion flyer: Compendium of Maritime Labour Instruments

    04 July 2008

  8. Article

    Promotional flyer: From conflict to cooperation. Labour market reforms that can work for Nepal

    04 July 2008

  9. News

    Supporting the cooperative movement in Africa: the launching of the CoopAfrica website

    03 July 2008

    The CoopAfrica website provides a description of the technical cooperation programme for the promotion and development of cooperatives in Africa.

  10. News

    World Congress calls for new global partnership to improve work safety

    02 July 2008

    The XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work concluded with calls for a new global partnership to strengthen safety and health in the workplace, and to reinforce efforts to reduce fatalities and illness.