International Campaign against Child Labor

According to an article in El Mundo, almost 250 million children in the world are obliged to work, among them 180 millions suffer the worst forms of exploitation. The International Labour Organization (ILO) along with the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) have launched a sensibilization campaign to fight against this phenomenon. Moreover, the International Labour Organization (ILO) announced today that the plight of children who work in mines and quarries that are often dangerous, dirty and can post a grave risk to their health and safety will be the focus of the fourth World Day Against Child Labour, scheduled for 12 June 2005.