News and articles
2008
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Press release
Global Employment Trends 2008
23 January 2008, GENEVE
The ILO's Global Employment Trends report says economic turbulence largely due to credit market turmoil and rising oil prices could spur an increase in global unemployment by an estimated 5 million persons in 2008.
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Press release
ILO to launch Global Employment Trends report 2008
17 January 2008, BANGKOK
The ILO will issue its annual Global Employment Trends report (GET) next week, providing a comprehensive analysis of current global employment, unemployment and labour market trends.
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Press release
ILO meeting to review situation of Thai workers in Korea
16 January 2008,
The situation of Thai migrant workers in the Republic of Korea will be under the spotlight at an international meeting in Bangkok this week.
2007
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Press release
Vietnamese photographer wins International Day of Disabled Persons photographic competition
03 December 2007, BANGKOK
Vietnamese photographer Mr Hung Nguyen, has won the “Decent Work for Persons with Disabilities” Asia Pacific region photographic competition.
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Pacific's progress towards Decent Work spotlighted at international meeting
23 November 2007, SUVA
Issues facing the Pacific Island Countries concerning growth, employment and decent work will be examined at a three-day international meeting being organized by the ILO in Nadi, Fiji.
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Photograph competition launched to mark United Nations Day of Disabled Persons
25 October 2007, BANGKOK
The ILO, Disabled Peoples’ International and Irish Aid are organizing an Asia-Pacific photograph competition under the theme “Decent Work for Persons with Disabilities” to raise awareness of the United Nations International Day of Disabled Persons on the 3rd December 2007.
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Nepal ratifies ILO Convention on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples' Rights
19 September 2007, KATHMANDU
Nepal becomes the first country in South Asia to ratify the Convention on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (No.169) adopted by the ILO in 1989.
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Statement from the ILO on detained labour activists in Myanmar
12 September 2007, BANGKOK
The ILO calls upon the government to review and reverse the sentences of six labour activists in Myanmar.The persons concerned should be released without delay.
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Nepal ratifies ILO Forced Labour Convention
04 September 2007, KATHMANDU
On 16 August, the Legislative Parliament of Nepal approved the ratification of the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (No.105) adopted by the ILO in 1957.
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Press release
Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) in South-East Asia
03 September 2007, BANGKOK
Labour productivity in South-East Asia and the Pacific[1] is “stagnant” compared to the rest of Asia , and not enough employment opportunities are being created, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in a new report published today.