ILO to launch report on child labour

Accra, May 2, GNA - The International Labour Organisation (ILO) would on Thursday release a new global report providing fresh estimates of the number of child labourers worldwide and regionally, and analysis of progress to date in the struggle against the menace. A statement released in Accra on Tuesday said the Report entitled "The End of Child Labour: Within Reach" would be launched at a wide range of events globally, including the ILO's American Regional Meeting in Brasilia, Brazil, by Juan Somavia, ILO Director General. The statement said the Report had been prepared by the ILO's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC). It said it provided the most recent and wide-ranging assessment currently available on the extent of child labour and international efforts to stop it.

Four years ago, the ILO provided the first global Report allowing a reliable assessment of the child labour situation and calling for the creation of an effective strategy to stop child labour. It said this year's Report would present a new global agenda, building on lessons learned over the past years to achieve further progress in the elimination of child labour.