جناب آقای مهندس محمدرضا سیفی دبیرکل محترم کانون عالی انجمنهای صنفی کارفرمایی ایران طی نامهای خطاب به رئیسان محترم کانونهای کارفرمایی استانی و اعضای محترم کانون عالی کارفرمایی در سراسر کشور، با استناد به نامه جناب آقای فرزانه یوسفی مدیر کل محترم سازمانهای کارگری و کارفرمایی اعلام کرد: اعتبار فعالیتهای تشکلهای کارگری و کارفرمایی (...)
Health and care workers have been at the forefront of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic for more than a year. It has resulted in heavier workloads and longer working hours, with insufficient time for rest and recuperation while continuously being exposed to the risk of infection. In (...)
Sixty-two senior government officials from developing and least-developed countries (LDCs) are attending the WTO’s first Virtual Executive Trade Course from 25 January to 12 March. The course aims at exploring linkages between WTO rules and governments’ trade policies and looks into how trade can (...)
Participants in the negotiations on services domestic regulation reaffirmed on 4 February their commitment to reaching a “meaningful” outcome by the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12) when they met for the first time in 2021. Noting participants’ intention to “maintain momentum”, the Chair, (...)
Deputy Director-General Frederick Yonov Agah welcomed the new cohort of young professionals to the WTO at a virtual welcoming ceremony on 3 February. Now in its fifth year, the Young Professionals Programme provides a unique opportunity for qualified individuals to spend a year at the WTO in (...)
Music transcends all barriers. The Music Against Child Labour Initiative launches an international song competition this February with AR Rahman as one of the esteemed judges.
The COVID-19 pandemic has added to the vulnerability of states that were already suffering from disaster and conflict. Even before this global health crisis, many were experiencing high rates of unemployment and poverty, leading to increased risk of social (...)
The WTO will host an online event on 23-25 March to explore the trade-related challenges faced by developing countries in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Aid for Trade Stocktaking Event” will look into measures to assist developing and in particular least-developed countries increase their (...)
The WTO’s four Deputy Directors-General — Yonov Frederick Agah, Karl Brauner, Alan Wolff and Yi Xiaozhun — urged members on 1 February to step up cooperation in order to ensure worldwide access to vaccines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. They issued the following (...)
Rodrigo Mogrovejo works for the ILO in Mexico where he deals with contemporary labour standards. His hobby is the study of ancient history, where he sees great relevance to the issues he deals with daily at work.