Director-General Roberto Azevêdo visited Bogotá, Colombia, on 19 May to discuss the agreements reached at the WTO Ministerial Conferences held in Bali and Nairobi, the importance of implementing those deals, as well as the future work of the organization. During his visit he met with President (...)
To help close the poverty gap, quality jobs along with social protection must play a central role. ILO economists Steven Tobin and Veda Narasimhan discuss this year’s ILO World Employment and Social Outlook report “Transforming jobs to end (...)
International Rugby referee Nigel Owens tells ILO News why he has taken a public position on being out as gay, what he feared the reaction of the Rugby community would be, and how being out improved the quality of his work.
At a meeting of APEC trade ministers in Arequipa, Peru (17-18 May), Director-General Roberto Azevêdo welcomed ministers’ engagement and their determination that the WTO should keep delivering negotiated outcomes. During their session on ‘supporting the multilateral trading system’, APEC ministers (...)
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 23 May 2016, 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 (...)
On the eve of the T20 Ministers’ meeting in China, ILO Tourism Specialist Lucie Servoz explains how sustainable tourism can be a driving force for decent work, economic growth and sustainable development.
سرکار خانم لیندا کرامجونگ دبیرکل محترم سازمان بینالمللی کارفرمایان با ارسال نامهای به تشکلهای ملی کارفرمایی عضو سازمان بینالمللی کارفرمایان جزوهی سیاستی این سازمان را که اخیرا با عنوان «شغل و رشد: ارتباطها و چالشها»، به زبان انگلیسی ممنتشر شده است، معرفی کرده است. وی در نامه خود - به تاریخ ۲۶ آوریل ۲۰۱۶ - خاطر نشان ساخته است در (...)
The government of Estonia has contributed EUR 20,000 (CHF 22,000) to the WTO’s Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) in 2016 to help developing countries and least-developed countries (LDCs) improve their participation in global trade negotiations. This includes through organizing (...)
Domestic support remains a clear priority in the reforms of agriculture trade, and subsidies for cotton are similarly a specific objective for reform, WTO members heard at an informal meeting on agriculture negotiations convened by the Chair of these negotiations, New Zealand Ambassador (...)