Events coverage
September 2011
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Excerpts from ILO Director-General address to the European Parliament
14 September 2011
"The real economy must take the driver's seat in the global economy, with a financial system at its service" Mr. Somavia told members of the European Parliament during an address in Strasbourg.
June 2011
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Video Highlights: ILO Director-General's closing speech at the 100th International Labour Conference
17 June 2011
The annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded its historic 100th session on Friday 17 June after taking a number of steps aimed at moving toward what ILO Director-General Juan Somavia called "a new era of social justice".
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Conference Delegates Adopt International Labour Standard for Domestic Workers
16 June 2011
The government, worker and employer delegates at the 100th annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Thursday, 16 June adopted a historic set of international standards aimed at improving the working conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide. Conference delegates adopted the Convention on Domestic Workers (2011) by a vote of 396 to 16, with 63 abstentions and the accompanying Recommendation by a vote of 434 to 8, with 42 abstentions.
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Micheline Calmy-Rey, President of the Swiss Confederation Addresses the 100th International Labour Conference
15 June 2011
Video in French
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Video Highlights: Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Addresses the 100th International Labour Conference
15 June 2011
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Video Highlights: Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia, Addresses 100th International Labour Conference
15 June 2011
In his address to the delegates of the historic 100th International Labour Conference, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke in strong support of the ILO's Global Jobs Pact, and underlined the important role of the ILO and its tripartite structure in shaping economic recovery policies. (In Russian)
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Video Highlights of the High-level Panel organized with Club de Madrid on "The Need for a New Era of Social Justice"
15 June 2011
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Video Highlights of the High-level Panel of Regional Economic Commissions on 'The Role of Decent Work in a Fairer, Greener and more Sustainable Globalization'
14 June 2011
Heads of the UN Regional Economic Commissions provided a dynamic exploration of the importance of productive and decent work in the wake of the global economic and jobs crisis. A range of regional examples and policy recommendations arising from lessons learned were discussed.
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H.E. Ms. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Addresses 100th International Labour Conference
14 June 2011
In the first ever visit of a German Chancellor to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), H.E. Ms. Angela Merkel today addressed the Organization’s annual conference. Speaking to the historic 100th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) Ms Merkel highlighted the increasing role played by the ILO in closer international cooperation. The G8 and G20 meetings would be “unthinkable without the wealth of experience of this Organisation”, she said, adding that the ILO’s involvement was the only way “to give globalization a form, a structure” (in German).
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Video Highlights of the Special Event by the Club de Madrid members: "Lessons from the recent crisis for building sustainable and shared societies: implications for the ILO"
14 June 2011