ILO calls for stronger move against child labour
International Labour Organisation (ILO) has called for a "re-energised" global campaign to end child labour as one of its recent studies warned that efforts to eliminate the worst forms of such labour are slowing down amid economic downturn.
In its quadrennial global report on child labour, the ILO said the total number of child labourers declined from 222 million to 215 million, or 3 percent, over the period from 2004 to 2008.
This represents a "slowdown in the global pace of reduction," an ILO statement said yesterday.
The report also expressed concern that the global economic crisis could "further brake" the progress toward the goal of eliminating the worst forms of child labour by 2016.
ILO Director General Juan Somavia said: "Progress is uneven, neither fast enough nor comprehensive enough to reach the goals that we have set."
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