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UN study finds most people worldwide have no social security

16 November 2010
Basic social security remains out of reach for most people across the world, especially in poorer countries, despite the crucial role it plays in cushioning people from the consequences of economic crises, according to a United Nations report unveiled today.
Juan Somavia, Director-General of the ILO

Job prospects gloomy despite recovering global economy – UN report

30 September 2010
Prospects for job opportunities have worsened in many countries despite evidence that the global economy is growing again in the wake of the recession, and labour markets are likely to remain depressed until 2015, the United Nations labour agency said in a report unveiled today.
IMF’s Strauss-Kahn (c) with ILO Director-General Juan Somavia (l), Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at Oslo conference

UN agency urges global job creation policies to stimulate economies

13 September 2010
The heads of the United Nations labour agency and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today joined other leaders to call for a broad global commitment to policies that focus on creating jobs to reverse the economic downturn bedevilling the world.
Loading containers on a cargo ship, Greece

Several countries opt to carry out UN-designed jobs initiative

7 July 2010
Several countries have volunteered to implement the Global Jobs Pact designed by the United Nations labour agency last year to guide national and international policies to stimulate economic recovery, create jobs and protect working people and their families.
ILO Director-General Juan Somavia

Economic recovery efforts must focus on job creation, UN agency stresses

18 June 2010
The United Nations labour agency today stressed that job creation must be the priority of policies geared towards economic recovery, saying more than 210 million workers globally cannot find jobs – the highest worldwide figure ever recorded for unemployment.