Reports from International Labour Organization 16th American Regional Meeting

New ILO Report shows marked decline in child labour worldwide
Believes its worst forms can be eliminated in 10 years

GENEVA (ILO news) - Child labour, especially in its worst forms, is in decline for the first time across the globe, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said today, in a new, cautiously optimistic report entitled The end of child labour: Within reach.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2006/15.htm

International Labour Organization (ILO) Proposes Job Creation in Latin America
Formal work deficit affects 126 million Latin Americans
ILO proposes an Agenda for the Hemisphere to generate decent work
Issue to be discussed at the Sixteenth ILO American Regional Meeting
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2006/14.htm

Sixteenth American Regional Meeting of the ILO opens in Brasilia
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2006/16.htm

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Latin America's Shifting Centers of Gravity, by Toni Solo
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story.php?sid=050106230242