3 June, 1999News items will be grouped every week or two into an IMF NewsBriefs.

3 June, 1999Debate will take place on revision of two ILO Conventions.

3 June, 1999Knowledge is power and free and open debate is necessary for democracy.

30 May, 1999The solution to the problem, if conditions for a stable peace are to be established, is with the total integration of the Balkans into the European Union.

27 May, 1999GENEVA/VIENNA: The IMF is inaugurating a new project in a major transnational automotive parts producer, Magna International, with a two-day meeting which began yesterday in Vienna of the IMF Magna Internet Action Group.

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26 May, 1999The IMF's shipbuilding meeting issued a unanimous statement in Tokyo on May 18, 1999.

26 May, 1999Bulgarian metalworkers join forces for their "Day of Protest of Bulgarian Metalworkers".

4 May, 1999European Union votes for EU-wide ban on chrysotile.

17 May, 2012The Workers' Support Centre (Centro de Apoyo al Trabajador, CAT), an NGO that defends labour rights in Mexico, has been subjected to harassment since 2008. The IMF and human rights organisations are calling for the authorities to guarantee the lives of CAT members.