The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 20 October 2014, 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 government of Austria is pledging to contribute EUR 200,000 (CHF 242,600) to the Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) for 2014 to finance a wide range of trade-related technical assistance activities to help developing and least-developed countries to participate effectively (...)
Kailash Satyarthi shares the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize with Malala Yousafzai who together have led the global fight for children’s right to an education and freedom. Kailash Satyarthi visited the ILO twice and has worked closely with the organization since the start of his (...)
به دعوت كانون عالي انجمنهاي صنفي كارفرمايي ايران (كعاصكا) جناب آقاي برنت اچ. ويلتون دبيركل محترم سازمان بينالمللي كارفرمايان روزهاي سهشنبه تا پنجشنبه 15 تا 17 مهر ماه 1393 براي نخستين بار به ايران سفر كرد و همراه با مقامات كعاصكا با جناب آقاي دكتر ربيعي وزير محترم تعاون، كار و رفاه اجتماعي و معاونان محترم ايشان، جناب آقاي دكتر (...)
The World Trade Organization and the World Bank Group have agreed to enhance their co-operation in assisting developing and least-developed countries to better utilize trade facilitation programs which can in turn help these countries to meet poverty alleviation and national development (...)
At a meeting of the Committee on Trade and Development on 10 October 2014, WTO members were updated on a recent ITC-WTO workshop that called for greater support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help them integrate into global trade. Members also discussed the monitoring and (...)
The ILO American Regional Meeting kicks off next week in Lima, Peru, with a focus on topics such as productivity, social inclusion, competitiveness and the informal economy. ILO News looks at how some of these issues have been tackled in the apparel industry through Better Work Nicaragua, a (...)
In a speech to Canadian business executives in Toronto, Director-General Roberto Azevedo stressed that the WTO faces a grave challenge and a concerted effort by members is required to resolve it and move forward.
In Brazil, formal employment has risen by almost 14 per cent in a decade…SUPERSIMPLES is part of the reason. The forthcoming American Regional Meeting of the ILO will consider employment and social protection policies as boosters of productivity and formal (...)