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Welcome to the public information section, covering the ILO’s activities in Asia and the Pacific. This page acts as a gateway to a wide range of multilingual background material, including press materials, newsletters and journals, videos, leaflets, fact sheets and brochures. You can also find contact details for the ILO’s communications staff in the region, and details of its publications, knowledge centre services and databases.

For further information please contact the Regional Communications Department (RCOMM) at Tel: +66 2 288 2202, Fax: +66 2 288 1076 or email

Press releases

  1. ILO – Union Confederations release a new study on workers’ perception on sustainable enterprises in Indonesia

    08 February 2012

    JAKARTA (ILO News): The International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the four trade union confederations (KSPSI Pasar Minggu, KSPSI Kalibata, KSBSI and KSPI) will release a new survey titled “Workers’ Perception on the Factors Supporting Sustainable Enterprises in Indonesia” on Thursday, 9 February 2012, at Sari Pan Pacific Hotel, Jakarta.

  2. Child & bonded labour in Afghanistan's brick kilns. New Survey highlights obstacles to ending practice.

    07 February 2012

    KABUL (ILO News) – A new report on bonded labour in Afghan brick kilns found more than half of the workers surveyed were children, with the majority of these workers under the age of 14.

  3. ILO – Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration assess the impact of trade liberalization on employment

    03 February 2012

    JAKARTA (Joint Press Release): In the era of globalization most economists and policy-makers have asserted, that trade liberalization has a strong potential to contribute to growth and that those effects will be beneficial for employment.

  4. ILO to issue annual report on global employment trends and jobs crisis

    19 January 2012

    BANGKOK (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) will issue its annual Global Employment Trends report (GET) against the background of a lingering jobs crisis and the prospects of a further deterioration of economic activity.

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Newsletters

  1. News@ILO, February 2012

    01 February 2012

    The February 2012 e-newsletter of the ILO in Asia and the Pacific contains the latest news from the regional office, a feature article on social justice for Cambodia's indigenous peoples, a selection of the latest publications, and details of forthcoming events and meetings.

  2. News@ILO, December 2011/January 2012

    01 December 2011

    The December 2011/January 2012 e-newsletter of the ILO in Asia and the Pacific contains the latest news from the regional office, an opinion editorial on the importance of decent work in Asia's economic recovery, a selection of the latest publications, and details of forthcoming events and meetings.

  3. News@ILO, November 2011

    01 November 2011

    The November 2011 e-newsletter of the ILO in Asia and the Pacific contains the latest news from the regional office, a feature on green jobs, a selection of the latest publications, and details of forthcoming events and meetings.

  4. News@ILO, October 2011

    01 October 2011

    The October 2011 e-newsletter of the ILO in Asia and the Pacific contains the latest news from the regional office, a feature on the role of employment in crisis recovery, a selection of the latest publications, and details of forthcoming events and meetings.

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