Audio

2011

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   Eliminating Inequalities Between Women and Men - UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet Addresses 100th International Labour Conference

   10 June 2011

   Ms. Michelle Bachelet, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, spoke as a guest of honour at the 100th International Labour Conference during the Global Report panel discussion: "Equality at work: the continuing challenge".

2. 

   India: Working Together to End Hazardous Child Labour (audio file)

   10 June 2011

   Around 115 million boys and girls under the age of 18 are involved in hazardous child labour. Making a change is possible. In India both employers and trade unions are actively involved in the fight against child labour, especially when it comes to keeping children out of hazardous work.

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   Audio Highlights of ILO Director-General Juan Somavia's opening remarks at the 100th International Labour Conference

   01 June 2011

   Director-General Juan Somavia opened the historic 100th International Labour Conference with a call for an urgent commitment to a new era of social justice and economic growth based on sustainable development to address mounting “turmoil” in the world of work.

2010

1. 

   ILO Director-General Juan Somavia addresses delegates at the close of the 99th International Labour Conference

   18 June 2010

2. 

   Press Conference: Outcome of the First Discussion of the ILC Committee on Domestic Workers

   17 June 2010

3. 

   Assane Diop, Executive Director of the ILO's Social Protection Sector Addresses the Committee on HIV/AIDS (in French)

   03 June 2010

4. 

   Professor John Ruggie Presents a Policy Framework for Business and Human Rights

   03 June 2010

5. 

   Juan Somavia Addresses the Opening of the ILO's 99th International Labour Conference

   02 June 2010

   The ILO Director-General Juan Somavia has called for a “balanced” policy strategy aimed at securing a “jobs-rich” economic recovery in the face of new threats to the global economy from the sovereign debt crisis and fiscal retrenchment.

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   Earthquake in Haiti - Eyewitness account by ILO's Richard Lavallée

   15 January 2010

   Richard Lavallée, Programme Coordinator for the ILO's Better Work programme in Haiti, describes conditions in Port-au-Prince immediately in the aftermath of the 7.2 earthquake that destroyed the Haitian capital on January 12, 2009.

2009

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   The Hidden Jobs Crisis: Audio interview with Raymond Torres, author of the World of Work report 2009

   07 December 2009

   As economies start to show signs of recovery from the global economic and financial crisis, some countries may think about pulling back support measures for job creation and social protection. But this could undermine or even prevent economic recovery if done too soon or too abruptly as Raymond Torres, author of the ILO report "The World of Work 2009, the Global Jobs Crisis and Beyond" explains. (audio file)