Press releases

June 2005 

• ILO urges ban on child labour in small-scale mines and quarries Initiative is part of World Day Against Child Labour activities to be held worldwide
  09 June 2005 - Workers, employers and governments are to join the International Labour Organization (ILO) in marking the World Day Against Child Labour this year by calling for the elimination of child labour in one of the world's most dangerous sectors - small-scale mining and quarrying - within five to 10 years.
• President Abdelaziz Bouteflika calls for a social dimension of globalization
  07 June 2005 - The next United Nations Summit scheduled in September 2005 to review the Millennium Declaration should promote renewed international efforts to build a social dimension of globalization, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, told delegates to the annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) here today.
• International Labour Conference elects new members of ILO Governing Body
  07 June 2005 - The International Labour Conference of the ILO elected new members of the Governing Body on 6 June.
• ILO Director-General says global jobs crisis puts democracy, freedom at risk Says creating trillions in growth, but only a trickle of jobs is unsustainable
  06 June 2005 - The huge gap between the trillions in wealth but only a trickle of jobs being created by the global economy poses a growing threat to international security, development and democracy and must be addressed urgently, International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Juan Somavia said today.

May 2005 

• ILO annual conference gets underway with election of officers
  31 May 2005 - The 93rd Session of the International Labour Conference, which will run here till 16 June, opened today, electing as its President Mr. Basim Khalil Alsalim, Minister of Labour of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
• 93rd International Labour Conference opens annual session Working conditions, forced labour, youth employment on the agenda
  30 May 2005 - Some 4,000 worker, employer and government representatives from around the world gather here beginning 31 May for the annual conference of the 178-member International Labour Organization (ILO) to discuss issues ranging from forced labour and working hours to work in the fishing industry, occupational safety and health and youth employment.
• Situation of workers in occupied Arab territories continues to deteriorate
  27 May 2005 - Despite a new climate of dialogue among Israelis and Palestinians, conditions of life for workers and their families in the occupied Arab territories continue to be extremely hard, according to a report issued by the International Labour Office (ILO).
• 93rd International Labour Conference, 31 May - 16 June 2005
  27 May 2005 - The 93rd International Labour Conference (ILC) will take place from 31 May to 16 June 2005 in the Palais des Nations, 8-14 avenue de la Paix, Geneva, Switzerland. The ILC is the annual tripartite conference of the International Labour Organization's 178 member States. ...
• ILO releases major new study on forced labour Says more than 12 million are trapped in forced labour worldwide
  11 May 2005 - At least 12.3 million people are trapped in forced labour around the world, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in a new study released today. ILO Director-General Juan Somavia called forced labour "a social evil which has no place in the modern world".

April 2005 

• ILO to Launch Comprehensive New Report on Global Forced Labour
  29 April 2005 - The International Labour Office (ILO) is to launch a comprehensive report on forced labour on 11 May 2005, providing for the first time global and regional data on the scope of forced labour, an estimate of the profits derived from trafficking in people and propose a new global initiative to abolish such practices.
• Joint Press Release ILO/WHO Number of Work related Accidents and Illnesses Continues to Increase ILO and WHO Join in Call for Prevention Strategies
  28 April 2005 - Faced with a rising toll of occupational related death, injury and sickness, the International Labour Office (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) today mark the World Day for Safety and Health at Work by highlighting the need for a preventative safety culture worldwide.
• ILO/WHO agree to joint guidelines on health services and HIV/AIDS
  22 April 2005 - In a move to protect the safety and health of workers involved in the global fight against HIV/AIDS, experts brought together by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed to joint guidelines designed to help ensure a functioning and healthy medical workforce.
• ILO/WHO to develop joint guidelines on health services and HIV/AIDS
  19 April 2005 - Representatives of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) will join forces in Geneva on 19-21 April for a tripartite meeting of experts to develop new guidelines to protect the safety of health workers involved in the worldwide struggle against HIV/AIDS.

March 2005 

• ILO Governing Body concludes 292nd Session Considers labour rights, programme and budget for 2006-07, globalization and other issues
  24 March 2005 - The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) concluded its 292nd session here today following wide-ranging discussions by tripartite delegates on issues ranging from respect of basic labour rights in Myanmar, Nepal, Zimbabwe and other countries to strategies for new partnerships to promote a fair globalization.
• Samoa becomes 178th ILO Member State
  11 March 2005 - ILO Constitution.
• Their Majesties King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain visit ILO Headquarters King Juan Carlos I calls for child labour to be vigorously condemned and combated
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• International Women's Day events at the ILO Geneva, Tuesday 8 March 2005
  04 March 2005 - The International Labour Office (ILO) will mark International Women's Day on Tuesday, 8 March with a round-table discussion on "Women behind the camera: moving into the focus".
• King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain to visit the ILO Will mark 10th Anniversary of Spain’s cooperation with ILO child labour programme
  03 March 2005 - Their Majesties King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain will attend a special Session at the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Tuesday, March 8, to commemorate 10 years of cooperation between Spain and the ILO International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC).
• ILO Governing Body opens 292nd session Labour situation in Myanmar will be discussed, along with budget and globalization
  03 March 2005 - The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) will discuss a host of issues at its 292nd session beginning here today, including basic labour rights in Myanmar, the social dimension of globalization and its next budget.

February 2005 

• World Day against Child Labour 2005 to focus on child labour in mines and quarries
  25 February 2005 - The plight of children who work in mines and quarries that are often dangerous, dirty and can post a grave risk to their health and safety will be the focus of the fourth World Day Against Child Labour, scheduled for 12 June 2005, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said today.