ILO Director-General

  1. Guy Ryder was elected the tenth ILO Director-General by the ILO's Governing Body in May 2012 and took office in October that same year. In 2016, he was re-elected for another five-year term which started on 1 October 2017.

Statements and speeches

  1. World Social Protection Report 2020-22

    High-Level Panel on Social Protection: ILO Director-General’s opening remarks

    02 September 2021

  2. BRICS 7th Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting

    ILO head: 'Address inequalities to prevent long term scarring'

    15 July 2021

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News and press releases

  1. BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment Endorsement

    ILO welcomes BRICS Ministers' support for human-centred recovery from COVID-19

    15 July 2021

  2. © G20 2021

    G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting

    G20 ministers recommit to human-centred roadmap out of crisis

    23 June 2021

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In the media

  1. © The Standard 2021

    The Standard

    Work sends 2m labourers to early grave

    19 September 2021

  2. SABC

    ILO reports on social protection systems: Guy Ryder

    05 September 2021

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Videos, audio and photos

  1. Decent work

    Work together to end preventable deaths from toxic chemicals

    07 July 2021

  2. International Labour Day

    Solidarity is key to our common survival and prosperity

    30 April 2021

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