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MALAYSIA’s ratification of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention 1930 (No 29) is a good start in the road to combating forced labour in the country, say labour industry experts. Malaysia became the 58th country in the world and the second Asean member state after Vietnam to ratify the protocol when Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan deposited the instrument of ratification last week at the ILO headquarters in Geneva, Switz...

First African Heads ILO

Expectations are high as a Togolese, Gilbert Houngbo, has emerged as the new Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) next Director-General will be Gilbert F. Houngbo from Togo. Houngbo is currently President of the

President of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Gilbert F. Houngbo, from Togo, will be the next Director-General of International Labour Organisation’s (ILO).

Gilbert F. Houngbo from Togo will be the next Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the organisation has announced.He was elected by the UN agencys Governing Body, comprising representatives of governments, workers ...

He was among five candidates who were vying for the top post, with Australia’s Greg Vines the first to get kicked out of the running.

He was among five candidates who were vying for the top post, with Australia’s Greg Vines the first to get kicked out of the running.

Gilbert Houngbo, the former prime minister of Togo, was on Friday elected the next head of the International Labour Organization, and will become the first African to lead the UN agency.

The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) next Director-General will be Gilbert Houngbo from Togo.