8 June, 1999Marcello Malentacchi has written to the Korean President with two urgent requests.

7 June, 1999The goals set by the organisers were to identify the scale of the problem and assess the effectiveness of current regulations.

6 June, 1999Approximately 4,300 workers are to be laid off by Corporación Venezolana de Guayana.

6 June, 1999Its objective is to achieve closer cooperation between IMF-affiliated unions at international level.

30 May, 1999This is the first time ILO standards have been the subject of a shareholder resolution.

30 May, 1999The merger was approved in mid-April.

27 May, 1999EUROPEAN UNION: The Technical Committee of the European Union voted, on May 4, to ban chrysotile, or white asbestos, throughout the entire European Union.

3 May, 1999GENEVA: IMF General Secretary Marcello Malentacchi states that the solution for Yugoslavia is the integration of the Balkans into the European Union.

24 January, 2000The theme for the KMWF convention was "Building an Industrial Union -- Empowerment of the Workers".

20 January, 2000IMF writes to multinationals selling their products through a Ghanaian company to call to order their distributor.