GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS FOR YOUTH, 2010 - WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS HAS SPURRED A RECORD INCREASE IN YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT SAYS ILO
GENEVA (ILO News) -- The global youth unemployment rate has reached its highest level on record, and is expected to increase through 2010, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a new report issued to coincide with the launch of the UN International Youth Year on 12 August. The report, ILO Global Employment Trends for Youth 2010 , says that of some 620 million economically active youth aged 15 to 24 years, 81 million were unemployed at the end of 2009 -- the highest number ever. This is 7.8 million more than the global number in 2007. The youth unemployment rate increased from 11.9 percent in 2007 to 13.0 percent in 2009. (12 August 2010)

Former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet heads global panel to promote social protection
GENEVA (ILO News) – Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet presided over the first meeting of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group, held in Geneva on 11 and 12 August and convened by the ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia.The social protection floor is a set of basic social security rights and transfers, as well as essential services in the area of employment, health, water and sanitation, nutrition, education and family-support, to protect and empower poor and vulnerable people to work out of poverty. These social policies must be combined in a coherent and integral life cycle approach and have a special focus on the most vulnerable groups of society, including women, children and youth. (13 August 2010)

ILO and IMF Conference in Oslo to address ways of accelerating a job-rich crisis recovery
GENEVA/OSLO/WASHINGTON (ILO News) - The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced a joint conference to be hosted by the Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg, on 13 September 2010, in Oslo, to explore new ways of forging a sustainable, job-rich recovery from the global economic crisis. (19 August 2010)

Nicaragua ratifies ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169)
GENEVA (ILO News) – The Government of Nicaragua has delivered to the ILO the instrument of ratification of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), whose purpose is to protect the rights of these peoples and to guarantee respect for their integrity. (30 August 2010)