The ILO is partnering with Mauritius as it rolls out its green economy action plan ahead of the UN Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in Samoa.
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 29 August 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 officially (...)
The ILO marks a year since the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 entered into force worldwide on August 20, 2013. The MLC, 2006 provides comprehensive protection at work for seafarers. ILO TV travelled on board a container vessel to hear first-hand from seafarers what it's like to spend (...)
روبرتو آزودو مديركل سازمان جهاني تجارت (س.ج.ت) روز 11 اوت 2014 و در هفته كارآفريني در مكزيكو سيتي طي سخناني به تشريح تأثير عملكرد س.ج.ت بر عملكرد بنگاههاي كوچك و متوسط (ب.ك.م/ها) پرداخت. توجه به نكاتي كه وي در آن سخنراني مطرح كرد براي كارفرمايان ايراني مفيد خواهد بود. به همين خاطر ترجمه آن سخنراني در ادامه تقديم شده است. براي (...)
Aurelio Parisotto, Senior Economist in the ILO’s MULTILATERALS Department, talks about the organization’s efforts to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the road ahead Post-2015.
Aurelio Parisotto, Senior Economist in the ILO’s MULTILATERALS Department, talks about the organization’s efforts to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the road ahead Post-2015.
One migrant domestic worker in Lebanon decided to fight the “kafala” system and escape her employers. She took her case to a Lebanese court, and, seven years on, has been rewarded by achieving a measure of justice, a feat that would have seemed impossible to achieve a mere decade (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, in his speech at the opening session of Entrepreneur Week in Mexico City on 11 August 2014, said: “By locking-in countries’ obligations on trade practices, the WTO safeguards important business interests and increases the stability businesses need to flourish.” He (...)
A total of 71 sessions will take place at the 2014 WTO Public Forum. Entitled “Why Trade Matters to Everyone”, the three-day Forum will focus from 1 to 3 October on the human story behind trade, giving participants an opportunity to discuss the impact of trade on jobs and consumers and trade in (...)