An independent review of the Better Work programme shows significant gains in quality of life for workers in factories they advise, as well as enhanced productivity and profitability for those businesses involved.
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 26 September 2016, of the Dispute Settlement Body, which consists of all WTO members and oversees legal disputes among them. The meeting notice is circulated in the form of a document (...)
The Russian Federation filed a notice of appeal on 23 September in the case brought by the European Union “Russian Federation – Measures on the Importation of Live Pigs, Pork and Other Pig Products from the European Union” (DS475).
The Kingdom of Bahrain has become the 93rd member of the WTO to ratify the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). Bahrain’s WTO ambassador Yusuf Abdulkarim Mohammed Bucheeri submitted his country’s instrument of acceptance to WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo on 23 (...)
On 22 September a WTO panel issued its compliance report for the dispute “European Communities and Certain Member States — Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft – Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by the United States”
This video introduces the work of the International Labour Organization. The ILO is the only tripartite United Nations agency. It brings together government, employer and worker representatives from 187 Member States to set labour standards, develop policies and devise programmes to promote (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo attended the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week to discuss the role of trade in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to mark the progress that has already been made. Just three months after the SDGs were agreed at the 2015 (...)
The government of Norway has donated nearly CHF 3.5 million to various WTO trust funds to help developing and least-developed countries (LDCs) participate in multilateral trade negotiations, access agricultural markets and implement the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (...)
کانون عالی انجمنهای صنفی کارفرمایی ایران (کعاصا) گزارش کامل و جامع یکصد و پنجمین اجلاس کنفرانس بینالمللی کار را که روزهای شنبه ۱۰ تا دوشنبه ۲۲ خرداد ۱۳۹۵ با حضور هییأتهای سهجانبه کشورهای عضو سازمان بینالمللی کار در ژنو برگزار شده بود، منتشر کرد. متن کامل این گزارش اینجا- در وب سایت کانون عالی - در دسترس قرار دارد. خاطر نشان (...)