Statements and speeches (Africa)

Children need qualified teachers

05 October 2018

In a joint statement to mark World Teacher’s Day, the heads of ILO, UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP and Education International underline the need for quality teaching for the world’s schoolchildren.

ILO mourns passing of Kofi Annan

21 August 2018

Creating safe spaces for youth in the world of work

10 August 2018

"Join us on International Youth Day in committing to step up actions to promote safe spaces for young people that enhance their opportunities to secure decent work," says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.

Make social dialogue work

02 August 2018

ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, praises the commitment to social dialogue and tripartism made by BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - in a speech at the group’s Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting in South Africa.

Malawi Social Protection Platform Communique - 2018 Social Protection Week

19 June 2018

The Malawi Platform for Social Protection is a network of organizations and individuals operating at national and district levels aimed at strengthening commitment to promoting and strengthening the social contract between the state and the citizens. The Platform promotes active engagement of civil society in the shaping of social protection policies, programmes, and practices in Malawi. In the occasion of the 2018 Malawi Social Protection Week the Malawi Social Protection Platform has issued this communique regarding Civil Society engagement in the implementation of the Malawi National Social Support Programme (MNSSP II) which will be launched during the week.

Towards the urgent elimination of hazardous child labour

12 June 2018

“Children are more vulnerable to risk than adults. Urgent action is needed to ensure no child under the age of 18 is in hazardous child labour,” says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on the occasion of World Day against Child Labour.