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International Labor Organization

(I.L.O.) agency of the United Nations; aim is to improve labor and living conditions. [World Hist.: EB, V: 389–390]
See: Labor
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This publication of the International Labour Organization summarizes a review of the codes of practice of Six Asian Countries, i.e., India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) started observing the World Day for Safety and Health at Work on April 28, 2003.
During a meeting with newly-appointed Country Director of International Labour Organization in Pakistan Ms Ingrid Christensen, he appreciated efforts of the ILO, European Union and other donor agencies for holding successful South Asia Labour Conference in the city.
While British writers have only recently begun to promote the idea of forging a global social policy, international agencies such as the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health organization have been actively engaged in this task for decades.
GENEVA -- An International Labour Organization commission will look at ways to turn globalization into a tool for reducing poverty and unemployment, while fostering growth and sustainable development.
International Labour Organization. Managing Contract Migration: Philippine Experience Observed.
ISLAMABAD -- Mohammad Usman Dar, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs held a meeting with Gabriel Bordado, ILO's specialist on skills and employ-ability to explore possible avenues of mutual collaboration with International Labour Organization (ILO) in order to enhance quality of demand-driven skills training for ensuring better employment opportunities for youth both locally and internationally.
The Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding (WHO 2003) recommends critical interventions such as the implementation and monitoring of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and the subsequent relevant World Health Assembly resolutions; the adoption and monitoring of maternity entitlements consistent with the International Labour Organization (ILO) Maternity Protection Convention (ILO 2000); and the expanded implementation of the WHO/UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (WHO/UNICEF 1992).
This monograph by the International Labour Organization has been prepared within the framework of an inter-regional project on improving labour market information systems in developing countries.
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