Around the world, the effects of climate change are affecting people's lives and livelihoods. Climate change is not only an environmental problem, it's also a social problem. The ILO World of Work Summit sees tackling climate change as a unique opportunity for job creation and economic (...)
Award-winning musician, Pharrell Williams, has called on governments, employers and workers to ensure that green, decent jobs are at the top of the agenda when the world meet at the climate change conference at the end of the (...)
Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Christiana Figueres, wishes attendees of the ILO's World of Work Summit success as they discuss how to open up labour opportunities in our global response to the climate (...)
Kazakhstan finalized the negotiations of its WTO membership terms with WTO members at the Working Party meeting on Kazakhstan’s accession on 10 June. The draft WTO Accession Package will be submitted to members for formal approval ad referendum when the meeting reconvenes on 22 (...)
On 10 June 2015, Morocco notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it initiated on 10 June 2015 a safeguard investigation on paper roll and paper ream.
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 19 June 2015, 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 officially (...)
Alimjan’s mother did not see any harm in her son’s work, even though he was still a child. On the contrary, she believed that the sooner he learned how to earn money, the better. Read about how an ILO project helped get a boy out of child labour and into (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 17 June 2015, 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 officially (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo has welcomed the strong statement of support for the WTO and the multilateral trading system in the Communiqué issued by G7 leaders at their Summit in Schloss Elmau, Germany. The Director-General attended the Summit to brief G7 leaders on the state of play in the (...)