At an open-ended meeting with all members today (21 January) – the first of 2015 – Director-General Roberto Azevêdo launched a new process of consultations with the aim of agreeing a work programme on the remaining Doha Development Agenda issues by July this year. This new deadline was set by (...)
Following a request from Canada and the United States, two of the participants in the disputes “United States – Certain Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) Requirements – Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by Canada and Mexico” (WT/DS384, WT/DS386), the Appellate Body Division in these appellate (...)
The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese Taipei) has pledged to donate USD 80,000 (CHF 82,000) to the WTO Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) each year for 2014-2016. The objective of this fund is to help developing countries and least-developed (...)
سه شنبه 20 ژانويه 2015 بوسيله ى دفتر فعاليتهاي كارفرمايي سازمان بينالمللي كار — مركز بينالمللي آموزش
خانم/آقاي گرامي؛ خرسنديم به استحضار برسانيم كه برنامه حمايت اجتماعي، مديريت و سهجانبهگرايي مركز بينالمللي آموزش سازمان بينالمللي كار (م.ب.ا/س.ب.ك) دورههاي آموزشي زير را كه ممكن است براي سازمان شما جالب باشد، برگزار خواهد كرد: مهارتهاي مذاكره براي جهان كار تاريخ: 23 تا 27 مارس 2015 محل برگزاري مركز بينالمللي آموزش، تورين، (...)
Ekkehard Ernst, Chief of the ILO's Job-friendly Macroeconomic Policies Team, discusses the main findings of the flagship ILO report: "World Employment & Social Outlook Trends 2015", including a forecast of global unemployment levels and the factors behind this trend, such as (...)
Christian Viegelahn, Economist in the ILO Research Department, discusses the profound changes taking place in the job market, from the types of skills needed, to work being replaced by machines. These employment trends are explored in the ILO's flagship report: "World Employment & (...)
Steven Tobin, Team Leader in the ILO's Research Department, looks at the impact of long-term unemployment in advanced economies and the job prospects for young people in developing economies, based on the ILO's flagship report: "World Employment & Social Outlook Trends (...)
Twenty-five participants from around the world are attending the two-month Advanced Trade Policy Course from 19 January until 12 March 2015 at the WTO headquarters in Geneva. The course was opened by the Patron, Ambassador Harald Neple of Norway, and Ms Bridget Chilala, Director of the (...)