"TRADE UNIONS"

At the launch of the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, the President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir said the COVID-19 pandemic has forced more children into labour and stressed that the world “must ensure that this generation is not lost.” UNIFEED

As Mali faces major security, human rights obstacles, stronger response needed to end terrorism, violent extremism in Sahel, peacekeeping chief tells Security Council.

UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka moderates a virtual town hall discussion to provide an opportunity for women’s civil society organizations to engage with the Secretary-General on the session’s priority theme: women's full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.

The UN Human Rights Office condemned indiscriminate arrests of activists and journalists in Myanmar and called on the country’s military authorities to respect the election results and restore the country to civilian rule. UNTV CH

Tentative signs of recovery are emerging in global labour markets, following unprecedented disruption in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest report from the International Labour Organization. ILO

At an event to launch the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, a survivor challenged leaders to “not just only imagine a world without child labour, but to act on it so it becomes our reality." UNIFEED

The UN Human Rights Office described Jordan’s shutting down of a teachers’ union, suspension of its board, and arrest of the board’s members, as “severe and unjustified curbs on freedom of opinion and expression,” adding that the actions against the union are emblematic of a growing pattern of suppression of public freedoms and restriction of civic and democratic space by the Jordanian Government. UNTV CH

“The pandemic shows us once again, albeit particularly painfully, how important it is for us to work together internationally,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said today as she and other global leaders addressed the ILO’s Virtual Global Summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work. ILO

At the opening of a global summit today (07 Jul), the head of the International Labour Organization Guy Ryder said the COVID-19 pandemic generated a “world of work crisis of quite unprecedented proportions.” ILO

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.