Press releases

November 1996 

• ILO Meeting Targets Sweatshops in Footwear, Textiles and Clothing; Adopts Resolution on Child Labour
  01 November 1996 - ILO/96/35

October 1996 

• Globalization Changes the Face of Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industries
  28 October 1996 - ILO/96/33
• ILO Conference Adopts New Standards for Seafarers
  22 October 1996 - ILO/96/32
• Unemployment in South Africa is Probably Lower Than Estimated, Says ILO Study
  14 October 1996 - ILO/96/31
• UNICEF and ILO in Joint Fight Against Child Labour
  08 October 1996 - ILO/96/30
• ILO Conference to Set New Standards for Seafarers
  07 October 1996 - ILO/96/28
• ILO Meeting Adopts Draft Code of Practice on Protection of Workers' Data
  07 October 1996 - ILO/96/29

September 1996 

• Tripartite Meeting Calls for Study on Impact of Globalization on Agricultural Employment and Food Security
  27 September 1996 - ILO/96/27
• Agricultural Wage Workers: the Poorest of the Rural Poor
  23 September 1996 - ILO/96/26

July 1996 

• Women Swell Ranks of Working Poor, says ILO
  30 July 1996 - ILO/96/25

June 1996 

• St. Kitts and Nevis Becomes 174th Member State: Mr. Jorge Arrate Mac Niven (Chile) Elected Chairman of the Governing Body for 1996-1997
  21 June 1996 - ILO/96/24
• ILO Conference Adopts First-ever International Convention on Home Work: Tripartite Delegations Endorse Full Employment, Battle Against Child Labour to Intensify
  20 June 1996 - ILO/96/22
• International Labour Conference Cites Abuses in Myanmar, Nigeria and Iran: Complaints Filed Against Myanmar Over Forced Labour
  20 June 1996 - ILO/96/23
• Guatemala Ratifies Convention Guaranteeing Indigenous Rights
  13 June 1996 - ILO/96/20
• Central American Nations Join the Battle Against Child Labour
  13 June 1996 - ILO/96/21
• The Economy Must be Made to Serve People: President Jacques Chirac Addresses at the International Labour Conference
  11 June 1996 - ILO/96/19
• Child Labour Persists Around the World: More Than 13 Percent of Children 10-14 are Employed
  10 June 1996 - ILO/96/18
• 83rd International Labour Conference Opens: Mr. Al-jarwan, UAE, Elected President
  04 June 1996 - ILO/96/17
• Delegates to International Labour Conference to Focus on Child Labour, Homeworkers and the Unemployed
  03 June 1996 - ILO/96/16

May 1996 

• Unemployment Threatens World Cities; Jobs are Needed to Check Growth in Urban Poverty, Says ILO
  29 May 1996 - ILO/96/15