GENEVA (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) will hold its annual International Labour Conference (ILC) at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 5–16 June 2023.

Worker, employer and government delegates from the ILO's 187 Member States will tackle a wide range of issues that have a long-term impact on the world of work, including:

• A second standard-setting discussion on quality apprenticeships.
• A recurrent discussion on the strategic objective of social protection (labour protection).
• A general discussion on a just transition, including consideration of industrial policies and technology, towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all.
• A proposed Convention and Recommendation concerning the partial revision of 15 international labour instruments, following the inclusion of a safe and healthy working environment in the ILO’s framework of fundamental principles and rights at work.

A World of Work Summit will take place on the 14 and 15 June. Convened this year around the central theme of “Social Justice for All”, it will be a high-level forum for global voices to address the need for increased, coordinated and coherent action in support of social justice. It will provide an opportunity to discuss the Global Coalition for Social Justice initiative, which was welcomed by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office at its 347th Session in March 2023.

The Summit will feature a programme of addresses and panel discussions that will bring together Heads of State and Government, the ILO Director-General, and high-level representatives from the United Nations, other international organizations, and employers’ and workers’ organizations.

Details of the ILC agenda are available on the ILO website. The programmes of work of the technical committees will be finalised nearer to the Conference dates and will be available on the dedicated webpages of the technical committees.

Access to the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards is not possible without being accompanied by a Department of Communication staff member.

For Geneva-based journalists accredited to the UN

Geneva-based journalists already accredited to the UN will be able to access the press galleries of meetings that are open to the press using their UNOG badges. Those with photo or video equipment should inform the ILO News Unit in advance: (newsroom@ilo.org or +4122/799-7912), specifying the time and date they wish to enter. Please note that for security reasons, filming on the plenary floor is limited and requires a staff member from the Department of Communication (DCOMM) to be present.

To access the ILO building UNOG-accredited journalists should inform the ILO News Unit in DCOMM ahead of their visit: (newsroom@ilo.org or +4122/799-7912).

For journalists not accredited to the UN

To obtain accreditation for the conference journalists should complete the accreditation form and send it, with all the information and documents requested, to communication@ilo.org, using the subject line ‘ILC press accreditation’.

Journalists who may require assistance from the ILO to facilitate entry visas for Switzerland should send a request by e-mail to communication@ilo.org, using the subject line ‘VISA & ILC’, along with the exact dates of the intended visit, a copy of a valid passport, a copy of a valid professional press card and a letter of assignment from the Editor-in-Chief of the media outlet concerned.

Press badges will be available for collection from the ILO accreditation desk at ILO HQ, on presentation of a valid passport, a valid professional press card and a letter of assignment from the Editor-in-Chief of the media concerned.

Further details on the location and opening hours of the accreditation desk will be made available in due course.

Journalists wishing to bring in photo or video equipment into the Palais des Nations or the ILO should inform the ILO News Unit in DCOMM in advance (newsroom@ilo.org or +4122/799-7912) and be prepared to pass through a security check point at the Palais des Nations with their equipment.

More information for journalists will be published ahead of the opening of the Conference.

For more information please contact newsroom@ilo.org.