Video coverage

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.
• Calling the current economic challenges an "eye opener", President Tarja Halonen of Finland highlights the need for green recovery strategies (in English) -
  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.
• President Lech Kaczyński of Poland calls for global remedies and new ways of thinking and to place those new ways of thinking in structures. He believes the International Labour Organization will be that structure within the United Nations (in Polish) -
  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.
• Delegate Dialogues: Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses -
  12 June 2009 - A special Committee of the Whole on Crisis Responses was convened by the Conference to examine in detail the elements of a global response to the jobs crisis. Delegates share their perspectives on the work of the Committee.
• Delegate Dialogues: Committee on HIV/AIDS -
  12 June 2009 - The Conference Committee on HIV/AIDS held a first discussion on a new international labour standard on HIV/AIDS reaffirming the importance of the workplace as an entry point for prevention and treatment. Delegates share their perspectives on the work of the Committee.