INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION
UN Conference on Small Island Developing States
SUVA – The International Labour Organization (ILO) will call for greater emphasis on decent job creation as a path to sustainable development at the United Nations Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Conference in Apia, Samoa from 1-4 September 2014.
The SIDS Conference, convened under the theme Sustainable Development through Genuine and Durable Partnership, will focus international attention on a group of countries that remain a special case for sustainable development in view of their unique and particular vulnerabilities.
ILO Deputy Director-General Gilbert Houngbo will head the ILO delegation and is due to participate in a number of SIDS 2014 events detailed below. Interviews with DDG Houngbo and regional experts can be arranged ahead of and during the Conference.
Two ILO reports, Decent Work and Social Justice in Pacific Small Island Developing States – Challenges, Opportunities and Policy Responses and Decent Work in Caribbean Small Island Developing States have been prepared for the Conference.
The reports argue that decent employment, providing adequate livelihoods, social protection and respect for worker rights, is an essential element of environmental, social and economic sustainability.
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