Press releases

June 1997 

• International trade and labour rights, job creation, fee-charging employment agencies on the agenda of the 85th International Labour Conference
  02 June 1997 - ILO/97/14

May 1997 

• International Labour Conference 3-19 June, 1997
  29 May 1997 - ILO/97/13
• ILO Meeting to Address Skills Challenge in Hotels, Catering and Tourism
  12 May 1997 - ILO/97/12
• At least 15 million children at work in Latin America The most intolerable forms of child labour targeted at the Cartagena Meeting
  07 May 1997 - ILO/97/11

April 1997 

• International trade and labour rights: ILO Director-General calls for establishment of universal ground rules
  23 April 1997 - ILO/97/10
• As Migrant Ranks Swell, Temporary Guest Workers Increasingly Replacing Immigrants Private Employment Agencies Send Millions Overseas to Work
  18 April 1997 - ILO/97/9

March 1997 

• ILO Governing Body Adopts Budget Cuts, Unveils New Programme of Action
  27 March 1997 - ILO/97/8
• Report of ILO's Committee on Freedom of Association Highlights Serious Abuses of Trade Union Rights in Colombia, Nigeria, and Sudan
  27 March 1997 - ILO/97/7
• Governing Body Set to Debate Standards; Increased Supervisory Powers Sought
  06 March 1997 - ILO/97/6

February 1997 

• Amsterdam Conference Condemns Intolerable Forms of Child Labour: Call for New International Standards and Global Solidarity
  27 February 1997 - ILO/97/5
• Amsterdam Conference Focuses on Intolerable Forms of Child Labour
  26 February 1997 - ILO/97/4
• Amsterdam Conference Targets Child Slavery, Trafficking, Prostitution and Other Intolerable Forms of Child Labour
  25 February 1997 - ILO/97/3
• ILO Unites With Industry Groups to Combat Child Labour
  14 February 1997 - ILO/97/2
• Amsterdam Child Labour Conference 26-27 February, 1997
  11 February 1997 - ILO/97/1

November 1996 

• Global Unemployment Crisis Continues; Wage Inequalities Rising, Says ILO Renewed International Commitment to Full Employment is Needed
  26 November 1996 - ILO/96/40
• ILO Governing Body Concludes Session; Issues Urgent Appeal to Nigeria on Behalf of Detained Trade Unionists
  21 November 1996 - ILO/96/39
• ILO Calls for Immediate Action Against Intolerable Forms of Child Labour
  12 November 1996 - ILO/96/38
• ILO Chief Warns of Globalization "Backlash": Calls for ILO, Private Sector Cooperation
  08 November 1996 - ILO/96/37
• ILO Governing Body to Address Jobs for Women, Child Labour and Strengthening of ILO Supervisory Mechanisms
  06 November 1996 - ILO/96/36
• ILO Organizing First Enterprise Forum on 8-9 November
  01 November 1996 - ILO/96/34