Pacific ministers join forces to fight jobs crisis

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Updated February 10, 2010 16:15:32

Labour Ministers from eight Pacific countries have signed up to a new plan to tackle the jobs crisis across the region. The Port Vila Statement on Decent Work was adopted by ministers from the Pacific meeting in Vanuatu, ahead of today's high-level conference on 'The Human Face of the Global Economic Crisis'.

Presenter: Jemima Garrett
Speaker: Sachiko Yamamoto Asia-Pacific Regional Director of the International Labour Organisation

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