Statements and speeches

April 2013

1. 

   © IMF Photo/Michael Spilotro 2013

   Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

   Putting jobs at the centre of recovery and sustainable development

   20 April 2013

   Statement by the ILO's Director-General, Guy Ryder, to the International Monetary and Financial Committee and Development Committee.

2. Statement

   Remarks at launch event of the European Business Campaign: “Skills for Jobs”

   18 April 2013

   by Mr José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Assistant Director General for Policy, ILO at the session on “Reaching impact and scaling up”

3. 

   From Algeria

   Statement of the ILO's Director-General at the 40th Arab Labour Conference

   15 April 2013

4. 

   © Kilian Munch / ILO 2013

   From Oslo

   ILO Director-General's closing remarks to the 9th European Regional Meeting

   11 April 2013

5. 

   © Kilian Munch / ILO 2013

   9th ILO European Regional Meeting

   Guy Ryder's remarks at the panel discussion on how to tackle the consequences of the financial crisis

   08 April 2013

   Introductory remarks delivered to the high level panel on "how to tackle the consequences of the financial crisis?", during the 9th ILO European Regional Meeting held in Oslo from 8 to 11 April 2013.
   Check against delivery

6. 

   © Kilian Munch / ILO 2013

   8-11 April 2013

   Guy Ryder's opening remarks to the 9th European Regional Meeting

   08 April 2013

   Statement delivered to Government, worker and employer representatives from 51 European and Central Asian member States gathered in Oslo to discuss the way forward for the region in the context of the continuing financial, economic and social crisis.

March 2013

1. 

   Gender-based violence

   “STOP Violence at Work”

   08 March 2013

   Remarks by the ILO Director-General at the event to mark International Women's Day 2013.

2. 

   Stop violence against women at work

   ILO Director-General's statement on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2013

   08 March 2013

   A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women. Stop violence against women at work.

3. 

   Statement

   Human rights and the post-2015 agenda: The role of decent work

   01 March 2013

   Introductory remarks delivered by ILO's Director-General to the Human Rights Council at the High level Panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming held in Geneva, on 1 March 2013.

February 2013

1. 

   © UN Photo/Logan Abassi 2013

   Inequalities

   Message by ILO Director-General on World Day for Social Justice

   20 February 2013