INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION

Vietnam says USTR forced labour conclusion does not reflect its efforts

A container is loaded onto a cargo ship while docked at Hai Phong port in Hai Phong, Vietnam, April 16, 2025. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

UN labour agency freezes US official's appointment over unpaid dues

Once the city of peace, Geneva sees the United Nations' presence fade

People walk past the Palais Wilson, base of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the former headquarters of the League of Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, June 17, 2025. REUTERS/Emma Farge

International Labour Organization appoints US official as deputy head after months‑long delay

International Labour Organisation could face job losses if US does not pay dues

FILE PHOTO: Gilbert Houngbo, International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General, attends a press conference titled \"Financing sustainable and inclusive social development\", during the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, in Seville, Spain, July 1, 2025. REUTERS/Claudia Greco/File Photo

More than 200 jobs cut at International Labour Organization as US slashes funding

Overview taken during a meeting of the Governing Body on Qatar at the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland, November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/ File Photo

Gaza unemployment surges to 80% as economy collapses, UN agency says

FILE PHOTO: Palestinians walk near rubble and destroyed buildings, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo

Unions file ILO complaint over Israel's treatment of Palestinian workers since Gaza war

FILE PHOTO: The International Labour Organization's annual labour conference in Geneva, Switzerland, June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Unemployment nears 80% in Gaza, UN agency says

Unemployment in the Gaza Strip has reached 79.1 per cent, while the West Bank has seen joblessness hit nearly 32 per cent, the ILO said.

Israel's treatment of Palestinian workers denounced at UN meeting

FILE PHOTO: A Palestinian worker loads bags of sugar in a warehouse, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 28, 2024. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma/File Photo

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