All ILO Newsroom content

December 2012

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   Video coverage

   ILO Chief visits Thailand

   15 December 2012

   ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, visited Thailand as part of his first trip to Asia since taking office in October 2012. He toured the PP Tan shrimp peeling facility in Samut Sakhon Province, where he met with workers and managers on the factory floor to hear first hand about their working lives.

November 2012

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   African economy

   AfDB President spells out agenda for job creation

   22 November 2012

   The President of the African Development Bank, Dr Donald Kaberuka, talks about what it takes to generate income, jobs and sustainable employment.

October 2012

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   Multilateral meeting

   French President meets with the heads of ILO, OECD, WTO, IMF and World Bank

   29 October 2012

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   International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

   Guy Ryder: New direction needed if poverty is to be beaten

   17 October 2012

   Decent Work and full employment must be key goals in the fight against poverty, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.

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   Global jobs situation

   ILO calls on G20 to live up to its promise to tackle the crisis

   11 October 2012

   The ILO Director-General says G20 countries should stand by their commitment to take new, urgent measures in the face of deteriorating global economic conditions.

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   Interview with ILO News

   "Things are getting worse" when it comes to job recovery, says ILO

   11 October 2012

   "Self-evidently, things are getting worse," in terms of employment recovery according to ILO Director General Guy Ryder. The ILO head called on G20 nations to make good on their pledge at the G20 in Los Cabos to support accelerated demand for job creation should the global economic situation worsen.

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   Interview with The Times

   ILO Chief warns of austerity’s ‘toxic’ impact

   03 October 2012

   In an interview with The Times newspaper, the head of ILO warned that austerity measures in southern European countries risk having “quite harmful consequences”. He was more positive about the outlook in Britain.

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   World Teachers' Day

   Take a Stand for Teachers

   03 October 2012

   A Video Message from Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Office on the occasion of World Teachers’ Day.

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   World Teachers Day

   Guy Ryder: Teaching is a profession under siege

   03 October 2012

   The ILO Director-General calls for urgent action to make teaching an attractive career once again.

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   Labour standards

   Employment rights essential to economic recovery, says new ILO boss

   01 October 2012

   In his first interview as Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder gives an overview of the major challenges facing the world of work and the ILO.