Statements and speeches
2015
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"Great potential for South-South cooperation to help improve the working lives of millions"
12 September 2015
"There is a lot of room for scaling up South-South cooperation and for strengthening interregional cooperation in the global South. Workers and employers and their organizations along with governments all have a role to play in encouraging this expansion," said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on the occasion of United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation.
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Engage young people to solve youth employment
12 August 2015
On International Youth Day, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder calls on actors in the world of work to foster the inclusion of young people.
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"Indigenous peoples have the right to decent work"
09 August 2015
"A better and just future for indigenous peoples demands new and innovative approaches that enhance the visibility of indigenous peoples and pay attention to their concerns, needs and aspirations," said ILO Director-General underlying the role of decent work in ensuring indigenous people's health and well-being.
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“Breastfeeding and Work - Let’s Make it Work!”
31 July 2015
"Ensuring adequate maternity protection and time and space for breastfeeding at work is not only the right thing to do, it also makes economic sense," says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.
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Message by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder: “Choose cooperatives, choose equality"
04 July 2015
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Fighting Child Labour with quality education
12 June 2015
Statement by Mr. Guy Ryder, Director-General International Labour Organization on the occasion of World Day against Child Labour
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Turning the challenges of greening workplaces and economies into opportunities
05 June 2015
ILO Director-General statement for World Environment Day 2015.
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ILO Director-General: Building a culture of prevention on occupational safety and health
28 April 2015
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"The future of work must also deal with the future of women at work"
08 March 2015
Statement by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8 March 2015.
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“There is no inevitability, no excuse: Forced labour can be stopped”
20 February 2015
ILO Director-General Guy Ryder vows ILO leadership in fight against forced labour on World Day of Social Justice.
2014
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Joint statement by ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, on the occasion of International Migrants Day
18 December 2014
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Leave no one behind: Working to end poverty
17 October 2014
Statement by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
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"Investing in teachers means investing in the future"
05 October 2014
Joint message (ILO, UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP, Education International) for the World Teachers’ Day. 5 October 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of World Teachers’ Day, which commemorates the adoption of the ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the status of teachers in 1966.
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"Extending pension coverage and ensuring effective access to health care for older persons is a priority"
30 September 2014
On the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, underlines the need to address the demographic challenge through integrated employment promotion and social protection policies that build on the virtuous cycle of employment, social protection and development International Labour Organization.
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Ryder: "The mental health of young people matters to us all"
12 August 2014
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Bridging the gap: Implementing the rights of indigenous peoples
08 August 2014
Message by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay and ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
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Message by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder: “Cooperatives for sustainable development"
05 July 2014
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Statement by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on the occasion of the World Day against Child Labour
12 June 2014
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ILO Director-General's opening remarks to the World of Work Summit on "Developing with Jobs"
09 June 2014
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Message by Guy Ryder for International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
17 May 2014