At a session open to all WTO members on 1 June, the Chairman of the Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA) Negotiating Group, Ambassador Remigi Winzap of Switzerland, informed members that the situation regarding the establishment of a post-Bali work programme by the end of July had not changed (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo provided WTO members with a detailed update on the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility at a meeting with Ambassadors on 1 June. He also welcomed recent announcements of new funding from the United Kingdom and Norway, in addition to that which has already (...)
Women have made important strides in the boardrooms of today's companies, but the glass ceiling is still far from broken. Deborah France Massin, Director of ILO's Bureau for Employers' Activities, blogs about the remaining challenges to reaching gender parity in (...)
ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, was joined by delegates to the International Labour Conference, in signing a signature panel symbolizing support for the 50 for Freedom campaign to end modern slavery. The campaign has the goal of encouraging 50 member States to ratify, by 2018, the Protocol to (...)
Ms. Ieva Jaunzeme, State Secretary of the Ministry of Welfare of Latvia, was elected President of the International Labour Conference, which runs from 1-13 June 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland. (Closed Captions available)
The ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, called for a global initiative on the future of work led by the ILO's tripartite constituents. Addressing delegates at the 104th International Labour Conference, he also outlined an agenda that includes a proposed international labour standard on the (...)
Addressing delegates at the 104th International Labour Conference, he also outlined an agenda that includes a proposed international labour standard on the transition from the informal to formal economy. (Closed Captions available)
The Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) adopted on 29 May the Appellate Body reports in the disputes “United States – Certain Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) Requirements – Recourse to Article 21.5 (compliance panel) of the Dispute Settlement Understanding” by Canada and (...)
The WTO has launched a new website which will serve as a focal point for members, donors, and others seeking information on the new Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility (TFAF).