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The theme for this year's celebration of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work is "Workplace Mental Health: A Priority for All."

UD's Saleem Ali appointed to United Nations board

News and Press Release in English on World about Climate Change and Environment, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding and more; published on 30 Mar 2023 by Stimson

At the Global Futures Forum from March 20-21, CSOs deliberated on some three dozen reform proposals and engaged key diplomats, UN officials, and others to better understand how suggestions to strengthen the United Nations could be implemented.

International, MNA | Portugal's minister of labour, solidarity and social security has told Lusa that she will meet in New York with the minister of social policies

A high-level mission from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) is in Namibia to assess the country’s readiness and capacity to participate in the United Nations (UN) Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions as a pioneering pathfinder country.

12.7 million people work in the global renewable energy sector, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.

Some 62 million children in the Asia-Pacific region are in child labour. It is a simple sentence to write but far harder to comprehend. Spend a moment to think just how big that number is -- roughly similar to every child aged under 14 in the Philippines, Vietnam and Japan combined. Meanwhile, 28 million of them undertake hazardous work, risking their lives and health daily in sectors such as mining, agriculture and construction.

The global number of renewable energy jobs is continued to grow in 2021, and experts expect that this trend is poised to continue

In 2021, global renewable energy jobs reached 12.7 million in a trend that’s set to continue. Despite fears of a severe decrease in fossil f...