Sandra Polaski, ILO Deputy Director-General for Policy, welcomes the recent meeting of G20 Labour and Employment Ministers in Turkey as a promising step to promote policies curbing inequalities, promoting growth and creating more and better (...)
The second review of the trade policies and practices of Angola takes place on 22 September and 24 September 2015. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Angola.
Members of the media who wish to attend the WTO’s Tenth Ministerial Conference to be held in Nairobi (Kenya) from 15 to 18 December 2015 can now apply for accreditation. The deadline for receiving applications is 1 December 2015.
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, in a speech to the UNCTAD Trade and Development Board on 21 September 2015, said that the WTO and UNCTAD are united in placing development “at the heart of all of our work”. “We are committed to enhancing the partnership between our organizations,” he continued, (...)
As the international community gets ready to formally endorse the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the ILO’s Isabel Ortiz explains why social protection is a key component of the new global development agenda.
This video captures an array of views on fair recruitment from government officials, representative employers’ and workers’ organizations and other key partners involved in ILO's Fair Recruitment Initiative. The ILO launched this global multistakeholder initiative to help prevent human (...)
The Principality of Liechtenstein has become the 17th WTO member to formally accept the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). Ambassador Peter Matt submitted Liechtenstein’s instrument of acceptance of the TFA to WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo on 18 (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo convened a meeting of all WTO members in Geneva today to report on the current state of play in negotiations on the remaining issues of the Doha Development Agenda. Members are working towards delivering negotiated outcomes at the WTO’s 10th Ministerial Conference (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo urged the organization’s members to consider joining the WTO’s Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), citing the “huge economic opportunities” offered by GPA accession and its positive impact on both trade and (...)