News

January 2005

  1. Press release

    ILO Tsunami Response Statement by the ILO Director-General on the response to the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean Area

    04 January 2005

    The International Labour Office (ILO) today released the following statement by Director-General Juan Somavia regarding the role of the ILO in the response to the earthquake and tidal wave in the Indian Ocean Area:

December 2004

  1. Press release

    ILO welcomes the State of Microcredit Summit Campaign report 2004 "Microloans making a macro difference"

    16 December 2004

    The Director-General of the International Labour Office (ILO) has welcomed the publication of a new report by the Microcredit Summit Campaign 2004, saying the success of microfinance is crucial to job creation and poverty reduction worldwide.

  2. News

    International Employment Conference on Iraq adopts Plan and Declaration on combatting massive unemployment

    14 December 2004

    An International Conference on Employment in Iraq adopted a Declaration here today underlining the crucial role of employment in the reconstruction and development of Iraq where some 30 per cent of the adult workforce and 50 per cent of youth are unemployed.

  3. Press release

    ILO launches electronic library collection of over 1,000 publications

    10 December 2004

    The International Labour Office today announced the availability of a new electronic library that will simplify access to essential ILO publications on globalization, HIV/AIDS, fighting poverty and other issues concerning the world of work.

  4. News

    World scouting to work with ILO against child labour

    10 December 2004

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) have agreed to cooperate at enhancing children's participation and youth empowerment to eliminate child labour though the participation of the Scouts in the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO/IPEC).

  5. Press release

    UN General Assembly adopts Resolution on World Commission Report on Fair Globalization

    07 December 2004

    The International Labour Office (ILO) today welcomed the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of a Resolution on the report of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization as a means of providing further impetus to the pursuit of a fair globalization.

  6. Press release

    Half the world's workers living below US$2 a day poverty line ILO says new policies for promoting productivity growth and decent jobs could improve outlook for working poor

    07 December 2004

    Half the world's workers - some 1.4 billion people - are trapped in grinding poverty unable to earn enough to lift themselves and their families above the US$2 a day poverty line, but this figure could be reduced if policies zero in on improving labour productivity and creating jobs, says a new study by the International Labour Office (ILO).

  7. Press release

    Biometric ID for seafarers ready to be issued New ILO Convention for maritime workers will come into force in February

    03 December 2004

    The International Labour Office (ILO) today announced that the new biometric system for issuing secure identity documents to the world's 1.2 million seafarers is ready for implementation, following successful testing of products that met the challenging requirement of "global interoperability" for such documents.

November 2004

  1. Article

    World AIDS Day 2004 HIV/AIDS and the world of work: Women bear the brunt

    30 November 2004

  2. Press release

    Media advisory: ILO Director-General on official visit to India, 26-28 November

    24 November 2004

    The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Juan Somavia is visiting India on the invitation of the Government of India from 26 to 28 November 2004 for high level discussions with the government and representatives of workers' and employers' organizations.