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June 2012

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   Video

   ILO Director-General Elect Guy Ryder about the next priorities of the ILO

   25 June 2012

   The UN Regional Information Centre interviewed Guy Ryder, Director-General Elect of the International Labour Organization (ILO), about the next priorities of the ILO. Guy Ryder stressed the urgent need for the Organization to play its role in constructing effective responses to the current jobs crisis, and to ensure that the social protection floor become a real vehicle for providing people with the most basic protection in their work lives.

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   Video interview

   "Innovation" and a completely new approach to job creation are needed to solve the jobs crisis, WEF's Klaus Schwab tells ILC delegates

   11 June 2012

   Hailed as "a visionary of the highest caliber" by ILO Director General Juan Somavia, World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab told delegates at the International Labour Conference in Geneva that a "paradigm shift" toward entrprenuership and innovation is needed to address the Global Jobs Crisis and the growing disparities between rich and poor. In an exclusive interview after his speech, Schwab said the role of the ILO is central to the process of bringing about change; and he predicted that in the future, most jobs will be created by the workers, themselves.

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   Video interview

   The ILO's Liaison Officer in Myanmar explains the relationship between Aung San Suu Kyi and the ILO

   11 June 2012

   Steve Marshall, the ILO's Liaison Officer in Myanmar explains the background to the ILO`s relationship with Aung San Suu Kyi and the process which led to her visit to the ILC.

April 2011

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   Video interview

   World Day for Safety and Health at Work: A Video Message from Seiji Machida, Director of SafeWork, ILO

   28 April 2011

May 2009

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   G-20

   Argentina and Brazil request the ILO takes part in G-20 meetings

   06 May 2009

   The presidents of Argentina and Brazil called for the ILO’s participation in the meetings of the G-20, taking into account the organization's experience in promoting social dialogue, advocating social justice and developing its Decent Work Agenda.

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   Video

   Empowering Women: 90 years of ILO action

   01 May 2009

   Just how far gender equality has advanced in the world of work, and how far it has to go, can be measured by progress in the ILO itself. Maria Angelica Ducci is the highest ranking woman in the ILO’s 90 year history. Ms. Ducci talked about the ILO’s past, present and future.

April 2009

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   Video

   ILO Director-General's statement on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the ILO

   17 April 2009