IMF and ILO Launch Background Paper on the “Challenges of Growth, Employment and Social Cohesion” for High-Level Conference on September 13 in Oslo
The International Monetary Fund and the International Labour Organization  have issued a stark assessment of the outlook for employment in the wake of the global financial crisis, saying that the world faces major challenges in creating enough quality jobs to sustain growth and development. (2 September 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)

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)

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)

Message by Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Office on the occasion of International Youth Day and International Year of Youth
Today the ILO joins with the UN family to celebrate the launching of the second International Year of Youth. Dialogue and mutual understanding, the themes of this international year, will be instrumental in shaping viable policies that respond to the need and aspirations of young people for decent work and of societies for the creativity, dynamism and vigour of youth. Many young men and women around the world have had the opportunity to realize their potential and are making tremendous contributions in workplaces, communities and societies. READ MORE