Press releases

June 2011

  1. Press release

    ILO to host high-level conference on the state of labour market regulation

    30 June 2011

    The Second Conference on Regulating for Decent Work will be held on 6-8 July at the International Labour Office (ILO) in Geneva, with the theme of “Regulating for A Fair Recovery”.

  2. Press release

    New ILO study on Spain urges job-centred policies to consolidate a fragile recovery

    27 June 2011

    Despite encouraging signs that the Spanish economy has begun to emerge from the crisis, a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) examines a range of economic, employment and labour market policies that could consolidate an as yet fragile recovery and start to reduce unemployment.

  3. Press release

    ILO Governing Body elects new chairperson

    17 June 2011

    The Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) elected Greg Vines, Minister (Labour), Australian Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office in Geneva, as Chairperson for 2011-12.

  4. Press release

    100th ILO annual Conference decides to bring an estimated 53 to 100 million domestic workers worldwide under the realm of labour standards

    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.

  5. Press release

    President Kikwete calls for efficient growth in a new era of Social Justice

    15 June 2011

    At the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete called for new approaches to address globalization by promoting an efficient growth path for a new era of Social Justice.

  6. Press release

    Swiss President says “There is a renewed sense of urgency for social justice” in speech to ILO annual conference

    15 June 2011

    Social justice and the role of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in international governance weres at the centre of the speech given on Wednesday by Ms. Micheline Calmy-Rey, President of the Swiss Confederation at the 100th International Labour Conference (ILC).

  7. Press release

    Prime Minister Vladimir Putin: Russia strongly supports Decent Work Agenda, will host international conference to advance implementation

    15 June 2011

    Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that Russia’s policies are in step with the International Labour Organization’s Decent Work Agenda and offered to host an international conference in Russia next year focusing on how to make more progress towards achieving its goals.

  8. Press release

    German Chancellor Merkel supports stronger role for ILO

    14 June 2011

    In the first ever visit of a German Chancellor to the International Labour Organization (ILO), H.E. Ms. Angela Merkel addressed the Organization’s annual conference.

  9. Press release

    Indonesian President calls for Global Coalition for Youth Employment

    14 June 2011

    The President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has called for a global coalition to tackle youth employment in an address to a special session of the 100th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva.

  10. Press release

    Michelle Bachelet at the ILO Conference: The elimination of gender discrimination is a matter of “smart economics”

    10 June 2011

    A Plenary sitting discussed today the ILO Global Report on Equality at Work 2011. The Executive Director of UN Women, Michelle Bachelet, asked representatives of governments, employers and workers attending the 100th International Labour Conference for a stronger commitment to the elimination of gender discrimination, and to consider it a matter of “smart economics”.