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May 2012

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   Video coverage

   Guy Ryder elected 10th Director-General of the ILO

   28 May 2012

   Guy Ryder,currently the ILO's Executive Director for International Labour Standards and Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, was elected as the tenth Director-General of the ILO. He will begin his five-year term in October 2012.

November 2011

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   Video

   ILO/EU Commission partnership major catalyst for social and employment policies

   14 November 2011

   EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, László Andor, addressed the ILO Governing Body citing the urgent need to use the partnership between the ILO and the EU to address the critical challenges of economic recession and to manage the transformation towards greener economies.

November 2010

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   309th ILO Governing Body - Video coverage

   Open Trade and Social Protection are Complementary: WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy Addresses the ILO's Governing Body

   15 November 2010

   The Director-General of the WTO, Pascal Lamy, addressed the Working Party on the Social Dimension of Globalization of the ILO's Governing Body, along with ILO Director-General Juan Somavia and Richard Kozul-Wight, senior economist at UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Wiseman Lumkile Nkuhlu, President of the International Organization of Employers (IOE), and Sharan Burrow, General-Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).

March 2009

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   High-Level Tripartite Meeting

   IMF Managing-Director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn addresses ILO’s Governing Body on responses to the current global financial and economic crisis

   23 March 2009

   The Director of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn has called for increased cooperation between the IMF and the International Labour Organization, saying that coordination between multilateral institutions was crucial in addressing the global economic crisis. He was speaking at a high level meeting of the ILO in Geneva.

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   Article

   Brazil extends Bolsa Familia during the economic crisis

   20 March 2009

   When the first signs of financial trouble emerged in the industrialized world, predictions were that the “decoupling effect” would insulate the developing world from the crisis. Today, the economic crisis is clearly global and no country is immune. In Brazil, one key measure has been extending a successful cash-transfer programme – Bolsa Familia – to a larger number of poor families. Bolsa Familia was discussed at recent a special session of the ILO Governing Body.

November 2008

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   Video

   ILO has a major role to play in responding to the economic crisis says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

   19 November 2008

   ILO Director General Juan Somavia welcomed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today to the ILO's Governing Body. Finding solutions to the economic crisis requires the kind of forward thinking represented at the ILO, said the Secretary-General, which brings together employers, workers and governments. "We are going to need this kind of partnership, and this kind of practical approach, to get through this difficult time," he added.

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   Video

   Time of crisis is an opportunity for change, says Spanish President José Luis Rodríguez-Zapatero

   18 November 2008

   The Spanish President, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, called today on governments around the world to sustain and strengthen policies that promote social cohesion, employment and social dialogue as a fundamental step towards solving the current financial and economic crisis. (in Spanish)

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   Report of the Director

   07 November 2008

October 2008

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   Report of the Fact-finding mission to examine allegations of non-application of the Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers in Japan (20-28 April 2008)

   31 October 2008

March 2008

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   Video

   Juan Somavia welcomes World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick to the International Labour Organization

   18 March 2008

   In his introduction of Mr. Zoellick to the Governing Body, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia cited increased cooperation between the ILO and World Bank, and noted that the ILO tripartite members could provide a "vital conduit" for extending efforts to create jobs and reduce poverty at all levels of the world of work.