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• Decent work at the heart of a new global order in response to the financial crisis says French President to the ILO
  20 November 2008 - ILO/08/51
• UN Secretary-General addaresses ILO Governing Body, calls decent work essential to helping people weather financial, job crisis
  19 November 2008 - ILO/08/50
• Juan Somavia elected to third term as ILO Director-General - Says will work to address financial crisis ensure social justice
  18 November 2008 - ILO/08/48
• OECD Secretary-General highlights the role of the ILO and the OECD in the current economic and social crisis
  17 November 2008 - ILO/08/47
• ILO Governing Body to examine impact of financial and economic crisis on the world of work
  6 November 2008 - ILO/08/46
• ILO says global financial crisis to increase unemployment by 20 million
  20 October 2008 - ILO/08/45
• World of Work Report 2008 - Global income inequality gap is vast and growing
  16 October 2008 - ILO/08/44
• ILO Director-General calls for urgent measures to address "grave consequences" of global financial crisis
  10 October 2008 - ILO/08/42
• Landmark new report says emerging green economy could create tens of millions of new "Green Jobs"
  24 September 2008 - ILO/08/40
• ILO Director-General calls for increased policy coherence to achieve social justice for a fair globalization
  5 September 2008 - ILO/08/36
• Breaking gender barriers for young women and men
  11 August 2008 - ILO/08/35
• ILO to emphasize workplace role in HIV prevention at international AIDS Conference in Mexico
  31 July 2008 - ILO/08/34
• World Summit on Safety and Health - ILO welcomes new Declaration on Promotion of safer workplaces
  29 June 2008 - ILO/08/33
• ILO adopts landmark Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization
  12 June 2008 - ILO/08/30
• World Day Against Child Labour 2008 - ILO says educationis the "right response" to child labour
  11 June 2008 - ILO/08/28
• ILO Director-General calls for urgent measures to address a "globalization without social justice"
  9 June 2008 - ILO/08/25
• Media advisory for World Day Against Child Labour, June 12 2008 - Education: the right response to child labour
  6 June 2008 - ILO/08/24
• ILO launches year-long campaign "Gender Equality at the Heart of Decent Work"
  5 June 2008 - ILO/08/23
• ILO Decent Work Research Prize shared by Nobel laureate and leading Canadian labour reseracher
  4 June 2008 - ILO/08/22
• International Labour Conference elects new members of ILO Governing Body
  4 June 2008 - ILO/08/21
• President of Slovenia addresses annual ILO Conference - Calls for worldwide implementation of decent work
  2 June 2008 - ILO/08/20
• XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work - World Summit on Safety and Health, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 29 June - 2 July 2008
  2 June 2008 - ILO/08/19
• 97th International Labour Conference to address wide range of issues, including reducing rural poverty, enhancing skills and labour rights - Conference will have high-level discussion on food crisis
  22 May 2008 - ILO/08/16
• ILO launches process aimed at adopting new international labour standard on HIV/AIDS in the world of work
  14 May 2008 - ILO/08/13
• ILO sees a significant improvement in Workplace attitudes to HIV/AIDS
  14 April 2008 - ILO/08/11
• ILO Director-General calls for new multilateral consensus to head off global slowdown and recession
  9 April 2008 - ILO/08/10
• ILO Governing Body concludes 301st session - Considers labour situation in Myanmar, Colombia and other countries, welcomes growing links with World Bank
  20 March2008 - ILO/08/4
• World Bank President cites growing ties with ILO on globalization and decent work agenda, welcomes "partnership through dialogue"
  17 March 2008 - ILO/08/8
• Global Employments Trends for Women 2008: More women enter the workforce, but more than half of all working women are in vulnerable jobs
  6 March 2008 - ILO/08/6
• ILO Governing Body opens 301st session: Labour situation in Myanmar will be discussed, along with migration, discrimination and freedom of association
  6 March 2008 - ILO/08/7
• International Women's Day 2008: New report on global Employment Trends for Women and panel discussion on investing in women's decent work by ILO
  29 February 2008 - ILO/08/5
• ILO experts to highlight critical aspects of human trafficking at Vienna forum
  12 February 2008 - ILO/08/3
• ILO projects global economic turbulence could generate five mission more unemployed in 2008
  23 January 2008 - ILO/08/2
• ILO to launch annual report on Global Employment Trends 2008
  16 January 2008 - ILO/08/1

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