The ILO and the multilateral system

The ILO’s engagement with other multilateral organizations and processes over the past years focused on promoting decent work and the Global Jobs Pact, especially in the context of the financial and economic crisis. This has borne fruit in many areas, some of which were reported to the Governing Body in November 2009.
1. ILO Global Jobs Pact

The G20 Employment and Labour Ministers are meeting in Paris on 26-27 September 2011 to assess the evolving employment situation in the context of the global financial crisis. In preparation to the meeting hosted by the French government, the OECD and the ILO have produced a series of documents on labour market developments in G20 countries and on a range of policy measures taken in response to the crisis.
1. Documents prepared for the G20

ILO and OECD express concern over the seriousness of the jobs crisis
Paris, 26 September 2011
Joint Statement for G20 Labour Ministerial by ILO Director-General Juan Somavia and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría.
Priority Number One: Tackling Massive Global Jobs Deficit
Washington D.C., 24 September 2011
Statement by ILO Director-General at the International Monetary and Financial Committee and Development Committee (World Bank-IMF annual meetings).
"The Challenges of Growth, Employment and Social Cohesion"
Oslo, September 2010
Joint ILO-IMF Conference in Cooperation with the Office of the Prime Minister of Norway.

Decent work has become a global goal whose achievement needs a reformed and better performing United Nations and a stronger multilateral system. The ILO works to contribute to a more coherent United Nations (UN) system-wide approach to sustainable development, both in terms of policies and through operational practices in UN reform processes and country programmes.