Events coverage

June 2009 

• The Honourable Mr. Bruce Golding, Prime Minister, Jamaica, addressing the ILO Summit on Global jobs crisis (in English) -
  16 June 2009 - Presidents and delegates gathered in Geneva during the International Labour Conference to discuss the global jobs crisis at the largest global gathering of leaders from the world of work. Heads of State and Government called on the ILO to examine and participate in discussions to find a solution to the jobs crisis.
• Mr. Tertius Zongo, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, addressing the ILO Summit on Global jobs crisis (in French) -
  16 June 2009 - Presidents and delegates gathered in Geneva during the International Labour Conference to discuss the global jobs crisis at the largest global gathering of leaders from the world of work. Heads of State and Government called on the ILO to examine and participate in discussions to find a solution to the jobs crisis.
• Vice-presidential Panel: Managing the national jobs agenda in times of crisis -
  16 June 2009 -
• Panel discussion: Coordination, development cooperation and the global jobs crisis -
  16 June 2009 -
• Panel discussion: “Global and regional coordination to address the jobs crisis” -
  15 June 2009 -
• Mr. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, President of the Togolese Republic, addressing the ILO Summit on Global jobs crisis (in French) -
  15 June 2009 - Presidents and delegates gathered in Geneva during the International Labour Conference to discuss the global jobs crisis at the largest global gathering of leaders from the world of work. Heads of State and Government called on the ILO to examine and participate in discussions to find a solution to the jobs crisis.
• Ms. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of the Argentine Republic addressing the ILO Summit on Global jobs crisis (in Spanish) -
  15 June 2009 - Recalling her previous visit to the International Labour Conference, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner emphasized the key role of work for economic recovery.
• President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, addressing the ILO Summit on Global jobs crisis (in French) -
  15 June 2009 - President Nicolas Sarkozy of France says that it would be suicidal to think that the current crisis is parenthetical and that everything could go back to the way it was before the crisis.
• Announcing an historic agreement to improve labor relations in his country's sugar cane sector, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for new alternatives to solve the global economic crisis (in Portuguese) -
  15 June 2009 - Presidents and delegates gathered in Geneva during the International Labour Conference to discuss the global jobs crisis at the largest global gathering of leaders from the world of work. Heads of State and Government called on the ILO to examine and participate in discussions to find a solution to the jobs crisis.
• Mr. Armando Guebuza, President of the Republic of Mozambique addressing the ILO Summit on Global jobs crisis (in Portuguese) -
  15 June 2009 - Presidents and delegates gathered in Geneva during the International Labour Conference to discuss the global jobs crisis at the largest global gathering of leaders from the world of work. Heads of State and Government called on the ILO to examine and participate in discussions to find a solution to the jobs crisis.