Press releases

June 2007 

• Jamaican Prime Minister calls ILO’s Decent Work Agenda critical to overcoming poverty - Warns of “human tsunami of frustration, rage and rebellion”
  12 June 2007 - The Decent Work Agenda is critical to stemming a potential “human tsunami of frustration” over the devastating effects of poverty, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson Miller, said today in an address to government, employer and worker delegates to the annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
• President of Senegal says Decent Work is the key to economic and social development
  12 June 2007 - The President of the Republic of Senegal, Mr. Abdoulaye Wade, today told the plenary session of the 96th annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) that economic and social development must be based on Decent Work.
• Crown Prince of Bahrain calls for increased social dialogue, fair globalization, announces regional labour summit
  11 June 2007 - His Highness Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince of Bahrain, today urged delegates to the International Labour Organization’s annual conference to “work together towards fair globalization”...
• ILO Director-General calls for “Green Jobs Initiative” to support environmentally sustainable development - Also highlights impact of globalization and need to reduce “Decent Work” deficits
  11 June 2007 - International Labour Organization Director-General Juan Somavia today urged government, worker and employer delegates at the ILO’s annual labour conference to develop policy tools for a global “Green Jobs Initiative” aimed at achieving an environmentally-sustainable process of development.
• ILO welcomes G8 support for decent work as central to globalization with social progress
  08 June 2007 - The International Labour Organization (ILO) today welcomed the commitment of the G8 summit to support the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda as central to globalization with social progress.
• Working Time Around The World - One in five workers worldwide are putting in "excessive" hours: New ILO study spotlights working time in over 50 countries
  07 June 2007 - Nearly a century after adopting its first international standard on working time, a new study by the International Labour Office estimates that one in five workers around the world - or over 600 million persons - are still working more than 48 hours a week, often merely to make ends meet.
• 12 june 2007 - World Day Against Child Labour to focus on elimination of child labour in agriculture
  05 June 2007 - This year’s World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June is to focus on the elimination of child labour in agriculture, which accounts for a staggering percentage of the world’s working children and is one of the most dangerous forms of work for children and adults like.
• Social protection is key to taking up the decent work challenge, says President of Chile
  04 June 2007 - Social protection is an essential tool for responding to “the challenge of decent work in an ever more uncertain world”, H.E. Ms. Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, told government, employer and worker delegates from all over the world here today at the annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
• Decent Work Agenda instrumental for African Renaissance, says President of Ghana
  04 June 2007 - The ILO Decent Work Agenda can play a pivotal role in assuring human dignity and an African Renaissance, H.E. Mr John Kufuor, President of the Republic of Ghana and Chairperson of the African Union (AU) said today in an address to the annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
• ILO to launch new global study on working time trends
  01 June 2007 - Are people working more or less hours, and where? What is the status of the 40-hour week? In what jobs, and where, do people work longer or shorter hours? Who works longer hours, women or men, and why?
• ILO annual Conference elects officers
  01 June 2007 - The 96th Session of the International Labour Conference, which will run here till 15 June, elected as its President Mr. Kastriot Sulka, Deputy Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of Albania.

May 2007 

• Media advisory: Media Accreditation to the International Labour Conference
  31 May 2007 - Correspondents wishing to cover the International Labour Conference must be accredited by the International Labour Office.
• Heads of State, government and leaders from the world of work to address wide range of labour issues at the 96th International Labour Conference
  29 May 2007 - More than 3,000 government, worker and employer leaders are to meet here from 30 May to 15 June for the annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) to discuss issues ranging from decent work and development to child labour in agriculture, work in the fishing sector, equality at work, forced labour and the promotion of sustainable enterprises.
• New ILO report on the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories
  28 May 2007 - The annual report of the International Labour Office (ILO) on the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories paints a grim picture of their plight, which it says has continued to worsen dramatically over the past year.
• Media advisory - 96th International Labour Conference, 30 May – 15 June 2007
  25 May 2007 - The 96th International Labour Conference (ILC) will take place from 30 May to 15 June 2007 in the Palais des Nations, 8-14 avenue de la Paix, Geneva, Switzerland. The Conference is the annual tripartite meeting of the International Labour Organization’s 180 member States.
• ILO announces recipients of first decent work research prize
  23 May 2007 - The International Labour Organization today announced the recipients of the first annual ILO Decent Work Research Prize, decided by a jury of eminent international experts in labour and social policy issues.
• New ILO Global Report on Equality at Work 2007 - Despite major progress, workplace discrimination persists and is taking on new forms
  10 May 2007 - Despite major advances in fighting discrimination at work, mounting inequalities in income and opportunities and significant and persistent forms of workplace discrimination are causing growing concern, according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO) published today.

April 2007 

• Media Advisory: ILO to launch major comprehensive new report on discrimination in the world of work
  30 April 2007 - The International Labour Office (ILO) is to issue a major new report on 10 May on the state of discrimination in the world of work.
• World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2007: Amid worldwide events, ILO says most accidents at work could be prevented if standards are respected
  27 April 2007 - Countries around the world are to mark the World Day for Safety and Health at Work this year, amid a new call by the International Labour Office (ILO) for applying internationally-agreed labour standards as a primary tool for reducing work-related accidents and illnesses that take some 2.2 million lives each year.
• Regional Meeting adopts Decent Work Agenda in Africa 2007-15: Sets ambitious targets to be achieved by 2015
  27 April 2007 - Faced with a continental challenge of growth that is failing to create enough better quality jobs to stop rising unemployment and an increasing number of people living in poverty, top worker, employer and government representatives of the ILO's African member States today adopted a sweeping new "Decent Work Agenda in Africa 2007-15".