Events coverage

June 2010 

• Delegates from 99th International Labour Conference Vote in Favour of New International Labour Standard on HIV/AIDS -
  17 June 2010
• Success Stories on Social Protection -
  16 June 2010 - Ensuring a basic level of social protection and a decent life for all is the main goal of the UN Social Protection Floor Initiative. Many developing countries have already successfully taken measures supported by the Initiative and the ILO as one of its lead agencies. Other countries recently committed to start building their own Social Protection Floors. ...
• Namibia and ILO to Implement the New Decent Work Country Programme 2010-2014 -
  15 June 2010 - In light of the crisis, the Republic of Namibia and the International Labour Organization signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to implement the Decent Work Country Programme 2010-2014 with the aim of promoting employment, mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS at the workplace and strenghtening social dialogue.
• Brazil Expands Technical Cooperation Efforts with the ILO (Interview in Portuguese) -
  15 June 2010 - The government of Brazil has signed a series of agreements with the ILO, Timor Leste, Haiti and the United States as part of its on-going efforts to promote technical cooperation between nations. ...
• Panel Discussion: The Role of Productive Employment and Social Protection in Realizing the Millennium Development Goals -
  14 June 2010 - Moderated by Mr. Americo Martins dos Santos from BBC World Service, panellists discussed various issues including the role of social protection as a development and poverty reduction tool. ...
• Celso Amorim, Minister of External Relations, Brazil addresses the 99th International Labour Conference with a brief introduction from Gilles de Robien, ILC President -
  14 June 2010
• Panel Discussion: The Global Jobs Pact and Macroeconomic Policy -
  14 June 2010 - Moderated by Mr. Simon Long from The Economist, panellists discussed various issues including how employment can become a macroeconomic objective of the same order as low inflation and deficits. ...
• School Children in Geneva "Go for the Goal" to End Child Labour -
  11 June 2010 - French and Swiss school children gathered in front of the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland at a special event to mark World Day Against Child Labour and to highlight international efforts, including those by the ILO's International Progamme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), towards eradicating the worst forms of child labour by 2016.
• Press Conference: New ILO report on the situation of workers in the occupied Arab territories -
  10 June 2010
• Recovering From the Crisis - A Chinese Experience -
  10 June 2010 - A panel discussion on promoting employment in China during the financial crisis, provided examples of Global Jobs Pact implementation at the local level. ...