Statements and speeches

April 2013

1. 

   © 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.
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2. 

   © 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

2. 

   Event

   ILO Director-General’s address to the EUROFOUND Forum 2013

   15 February 2013

3. 

   Lecture by Guy Ryder

   “Lessons from the Irish internationalist who organized social justice”

   14 February 2013

   Lecture by Guy Ryder on Mr Edward Phelan at the invitation of the National University of Ireland. Guy Ryder described the life and work of Edward Phelan, who was not only the fourth Director of the ILO in 1941, and Director General under its new constitution in 1946, but also the innovator of the ILO 'tripartite' formula. (Watch the video of the lecture or download the written statement in PDF)

January 2013

1. 

   World Economic Forum in Davos

   Excerpts from interviews of ILO Director-General Guy Ryder at the World Economic Forum in Davos

   25 January 2013

2. 

   ILO blog

   On the ILO's blog: Taking the uphill struggle for jobs to Davos

   24 January 2013