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In talks with Palestinian officials, UN labour agency advances jobs plan for Middle East

12 July 2002
The head of the United Nations labour agency held talks in Geneva today with a senior Palestinian delegation aimed at advancing plans to create jobs in the Occupied Arab Territories, which have seen skyrocketing rates of unemployment amid the current tense security situation.

UN labour conference adopts measures to tackle globalization’s challenges

20 June 2002
Concluding its annual conference today, the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) has adopted a series of measures designed to promote a more rigorous approach to tackling the challenges of globalization.

UN labour agency says 2 million people die annually of work-related causes

24 May 2002
The annual death toll from job-related diseases and injuries has risen to 2 million, while many more people are injured as a result of their work, according to statistics released today by the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO).

UN labour agency reports major job losses in oil and gas industry

21 February 2002
Buffeted by changing corporate structures and privatization, the workforce in the world’s oil and gas industries has shrunk dramatically in the past 25 years, according to a report released today by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

UN labour agency meeting to address mass global unemployment

31 October 2001
This week's Global Employment Forum in Geneva will aim to tackle worldwide joblessness as economic recession worsens in the wake of last month's terrorist attacks against the United States, according to the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO), which is convening the meeting.

Tourism workers in job crisis after terror attacks on US, UN labour agency reports

24 October 2001
Nearly 9 million workers in the global hotel and tourism economy, already suffering from an economic downturn, may lose their jobs in the wake of last month's terror attacks on the United States, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Public sector remains world's biggest employer, UN labour agency reports

16 October 2001
Despite years of downsizing and calls for privatization, the public sector remains the major formal employer worldwide, providing jobs for 435 million people in the year 2000, according to latest estimates by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

ILO works to draft code on managing disability at work

3 October 2001
The United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) today opened an expert meeting in Geneva aimed at finalizing a code of practice on managing disability as it relates to workplace issues.