For the first time, leading insurance firms in Sri Lanka will cover HIV-related medical costs. The move – spearheaded by the ILO – means increased access to treatment and a better quality of life for HIV-positive patients and their (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 10 July 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 (...)
Members of the WTO’s Working Party on the Accession of Seychelles concluded their latest meeting on 3 July 2014 with many delegations expressing their desire to successfully conclude the membership negotiations before the end of the (...)
WTO agriculture negotiators meeting on 3 July 2014 heard the first, brief, suggestion of how the present draft text might be simplified and were urged by the chairperson to explore this and other ideas in discussions among themselves.
آيا براي تشكلهاي كارفرمايي ايران اهميت دارد كه شركتهاي عضو آنها حقوق بشر را رعايت ميكنند يا نه؟ و اصلاً حقوق بشر چي هست؟ به هر حال، موضوع ضرورت رعايت حق بشر از سوي كسب و كار دارد روز به روز جديتر ميشود و به زودي نه فقط بنگاهاي فرامليتي بلكه حتي بنگاههاي محلي نيز كم و بيش ملزم به رعايت حقوق بشر خواهند شد. در اين زمينه وب سايت (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo told the African Union Forum on Industrialization and Inclusive Development in Africa on 1 July 2014 that the Trade Facilitation Agreement “will begin to remove some of the barriers which prevent full integration into global value chains. As such, it will create (...)
A new ILO study shows social protection is essential for people living with HIV to keep their jobs and follow their treatment. Representatives of international and civil society organizations came together at the ILO's headquarters in Geneva for the launch of the report: "ACCESS to and (...)
Italian companies are increasingly turning to Albanian migrant workers who are going back home to work at their call centres. An EU-funded ILO project is helping employment centres in Albania to modernize and to assist migrant workers looking for a new (...)
The fifth review of the trade policies and practices of China takes place on 1 and 3 July 2014. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of China.