Statements and speeches
2019
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Statement
National Summit on Bridging Skill Gaps in Industry 4.0
13 September 2019
Inaugural session address by Ms. Dagmar Walter, Director, DWT South Asia and India Country Office at the National Summit on Bridging Skill Gaps in Industry 4.0 organized by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI).
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Statement
Launching of ILO - SCOPE Network of Champions
12 September 2019
Welcome address by Ms. Dagmar Walter, Director, DWT South Asia and India Country Office at the launch of ILO SCOPE Network of Champions.
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Asia-Pacific Social Protection Week: Securing the Future of the Region
More and more countries recognize the role of universal social protection in reducing poverty and inequality
10 September 2019
Statement of ILO’s Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Tomoko Nishimoto, at a special session on the Centenary of the International Labour Organization held by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila.
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Statement
World of Work: Issues and Challenges for Trade Unions
20 August 2019
Inaugural address by Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO Country Office for India and Decent Work Team for South Asia at the National workshop on World of Work: Issues and Challenges for Trade Unions
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Youth4OSH
Opening address at the launch of the ILO Youth4OSH Communication Platform
31 July 2019
By Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines, delivered by Ma. Concepcion Sardaña, Senior Programme Officer at the launch of the ILO Youth4OSH Communication Platform, 31 July 2019, Makati City, Philippines
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Op-ed
Migration in Southeast Asia should be an opportunity for workers, communities and economies – not traffickers
31 July 2019
Op-ed by Ms Tomoko Nishimoto, the ILO’s Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific; Mohammad Narciri, the Regional Director of UN Women for Asia and the Pacific, based in Bangkok, Thailand; and Mr Jeremy Douglas, the Regional Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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Statement
Towards Progressive Labour Policy to Promote Investment, Growth & Employment
31 July 2019
Special address by Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO Country Office for India and Decent Work Team for South Asia at the All India Organisation of Employers’ (AIOE) Annual General Meeting.
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Pacific high-level forum on climate change and decent work
"We have to work for a process of productive transformation that protects our blue ocean and gives us all a future"
26 July 2019
Guy Ryder addressed the Pacific high-level forum on climate change and decent work during the first visit of an ILO Director-General to a Pacific Island State.
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8th World Congress of Education International
Education must safeguard democracy, promote the common good
23 July 2019
In a speech to the 8th World Congress of Education International in Bangkok, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder highlights the critical role of trade unions and teachers in shaping a just, human-centred future of work.
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Safe and fair migration
ILO Regional-Director speech on ending violence against women migrant workers
10 July 2019
Addressing the regional dialogue on coordinated quality services for ending violence against women migrant workers organized under the joint EU-ILO-UN Women 'Safe and fair' programme, ILO Regional-Director for Asia and the Pacific, Ms Tomoko Nishimoto, explained the importance of the newly adopted convention on violence and harassment in the world of work.