Deans, professors, students, social partners, private sector actors and ILO management explain why it's so important to embed human rights in business education ahead of the Memorandum of Understanding between the ILO, the Global Business School Network and the University of (...)
In September 2021, the United Nations Secretary-General launched the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions, with the ambition to help countries create 400 million decent jobs, including in the green, digital and care economies, and to extend social protection (...)
At their last meeting of the year held on 12 December, members of the Informal Working Group on Trade and Gender took stock of the work undertaken in 2022 and considered their next steps. The co-chairs highlighted that the mandate of the Informal Working Group was strengthened by the 12th (...)
Indonesia has notified the Dispute Settlement Body of its decision to appeal the panel report in the case brought by the European Union in “Indonesia — Measures Relating to Raw Materials” (DS592). The panel report was circulated to WTO members on 30 November. The appeal was circulated to WTO (...)
The WTO Director-General’s annual overview of developments in the international trading environment shows that trade restrictions are increasing in a context of economic uncertainty exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the food security crisis. According to the latest WTO (...)
Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala welcomed Vice President Francia Elena Márquez Mina of Colombia to the WTO on 6 December. They discussed outcomes achieved at the WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference, in particular the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, and how it relates to artisanal fishing. (...)
A closing ceremony took place on 5 December to mark the end of three 2022 internship programmes and the Young Professionals Programme for cohorts from developing and least-developed countries (LDCs). A total of 36 government officials and 12 young professionals around the world took part in the (...)
Women are harder hit by global crises and research is vital to ensure trade policy makes an effective contribution to a gender-responsive recovery, speakers said on 5 December at the high-level opening session of the World Trade Congress on Gender. Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, opening (...)
The first review of the trade policies and practices of the Seychelles takes place on 5 and 7 December 2022. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of the Seychelles.