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On 10 & 11 May the The Hague Global Child Labour Conference 2010 has taken place.

The two-day conference, organized by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment of the Netherlands in cooperation with the International Labour Organization, was attended by more than 450 delegates from 80 countries and witnessed interventions by high-level government officials as well as representatives from employers’ and workers’ organizations, international organizations and members of the academia and civil society.

Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands attended the closing session of the conference, where she met some of the high-level participants and a former child labourer.

During the closing session the participants adopted a Roadmap aimed at “substantially increasing” global efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour by 2016. The Dutch Minister for Social Affairs and Employment, H.E. Mr. Piet Hein Donner, will present the Roadmap to 2016 to the International Labour Conference on 11 June.

Background information regarding the conference, conference’s documents and the text of the Roadmap can all be found on this website. As soon as possible an extensive conference report will also be published here. 

Please click here to download the video about The Hague Global Child Labour Conference 2010.