Many migrant workers – particularly low skilled workers – find themselves paying large recruitment fees to intermediaries in order to secure work overseas. The recruitment processes are often unclear and opens them up to abuse. The ILO has been addressing the issue through its Fair Recruitment (...)
Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala today (14 April) called on WTO members, vaccine manufacturers and international organizations to act to address trade-related obstacles to the scale-up of COVID-19 vaccine production to save lives, hasten the end of the pandemic and accelerate the global (...)
At a virtual meeting held on 14 April 2021, WTO members participating in the negotiations on services domestic regulation shared how they have implemented disciplines at the national level. The chair of the negotiations, Jaime Coghi of Costa Rica, and a number of delegations also provided (...)
The second review of the trade policies and practices of Tonga takes place on 14 and 16 April 2021. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Tonga.
For digital platform workers, considered to be essential in many countries, the COVID-19 outbreak increased their vulnerability and lack of protection. The silver lining: with decent work, the pandemic could drive a positive digital (...)
In meetings in Washington, D.C. last week, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, WTO Director-General, made the case that equitable worldwide access to COVID-19 vaccines is necessary for economic growth and trade to bounce back from the pandemic, and that a reinvigorated multilateral trading system would (...)
سازمان بینالمللی کارفرمایان (س.ب.کا) با ارسال اطلاعیهای برای کانون عالی انجمنهای صنفی کارفرمایی ایران و سایر سازمانهای کارفرمایی عضو، از آنان خواسته تا نامزدهای خودشان را برای شرکت در یک دوره آموزش بینالمللی در مورد «نیروی کار و سیاستهای اجتماعی برای کارشایسته»، به آن سازمان معرفی کنند تا از میان آنان ده را انتخاب کرده و برای (...)
The WTO has issued a call for proposals for this year’s Public Forum, whose theme is “Trade beyond COVID-19: Building Resilience”. Participants interested in organizing sessions at the Forum, scheduled to take place from 28 to 30 September, are invited to submit their proposals by 7 June (...)
Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on 12 April urged heads of WTO delegations to stay engaged in the fisheries subsidies negotiations and aim to reach an agreement by July. The talks have reached a considerable degree of maturity, and members should make the compromises necessary to get to (...)