ILO Office for the United Nations
Highlights
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2024 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development
Achieving Universal Social Protection:
23 April 2024
Pathways to Inclusive Financing for Development
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UN General Assembly Sustainability Week
Addressing the Invisible Labour behind the Cobalt Industry: A presentation of the film Cobalt Rush and panel discussion
15 April 2024
Co-sponsored by the International Labour Organization, World Council of Peoples for the UN, and the Permanent Mission of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Global Accelerator
Philippines joins the Global Accelerator aiming to expand jobs and social protection
27 March 2024
To address challenges and channel investments, the Philippines becomes a pathfinder country of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions, a joint high impact initiative of the United Nations to create decent work and extend social protection for sustainable development.
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Basic social protection
1.4 billion children globally missing out on basic social protection, according to latest data
14 February 2024
Fewer than 1-in-10 children in low-income countries have access to child benefits, leaving them vulnerable to disease, education gaps, poor nutrition, poverty and inequality.