Events coverage

June 2011

1. 

   Video Highlights of the High-level Panel organized with Club de Madrid on "The Need for a New Era of Social Justice"

   15 June 2011

2. 

   Video Highlights of the High-level Panel of Regional Economic Commissions on 'The Role of Decent Work in a Fairer, Greener and more Sustainable Globalization'

   14 June 2011

   Heads of the UN Regional Economic Commissions provided a dynamic exploration of the importance of productive and decent work in the wake of the global economic and jobs crisis. A range of regional examples and policy recommendations arising from lessons learned were discussed.

3. 

   H.E. Ms. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Addresses 100th International Labour Conference

   14 June 2011

   In the first ever visit of a German Chancellor to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), H.E. Ms. Angela Merkel today addressed the Organization’s annual conference. Speaking to the historic 100th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) Ms Merkel highlighted the increasing role played by the ILO in closer international cooperation. The G8 and G20 meetings would be “unthinkable without the wealth of experience of this Organisation”, she said, adding that the ILO’s involvement was the only way “to give globalization a form, a structure” (in German).

4. 

   Video Highlights of the Special Event by the Club de Madrid members: "Lessons from the recent crisis for building sustainable and shared societies: implications for the ILO"

   14 June 2011

5. 

   H.E. Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia, Addresses 100th International Labour Conference

   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. The President called on delegates to work together to prevent increasing unemployment among young people, saying this would be critical to creating a new era of social justice.

6. 

   Egyptian Finance Minister Samir Radwan at the International Labour Conference: Fiscal Discipline and Social Justice in a New Egypt

   13 June 2011

   In his opening remarks to the High Level Panel on 'Employment and Social Justice in a Globalizing Economy', Egyptian Finance Minister Samir Radwan expressed his hopes for post-revolutionary Egypt. He called for responsive economic policies to promote decent work, sustainable development, social protection, and small and medium-sized entreprises.

7. 

   H.E. Ms. Louka Katseli, Minister of Labour and Social Security of Greece, addresses the High Level Panel on 'Employment and Social Justice in a Globalizing Economy' during the International Labour Conference

   13 June 2011

8. 

   UN Women's Executive Director, Michelle Bachelet, addresses the Committee on Domestic Workers

   13 June 2011

   UN Women Executive Director, Michelle Bachelet, addressed the Committee on Domestic Workers during the 100th International Labour Conference, saying that the issue of decent work for domestic workers - most of whom are women - was of particular concern to UN Women and its priority of promoting women's economic empowerment. She pledged her agency's support for the ILO towards creating an international standard for domestic workers.

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   ILO and UN Women Sign Memorandum of Understanding

   13 June 2011

   ILO Director-General Juan Somavia and UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Michelle Bachelet, addressed conference delegates after signing a memorandum of understanding at the 100th International Labour Conference. The agreement will take the two agencies' strong working relationship to a "new and better level", said Juan Somavia, and will cover areas including gender equality, the elimination of gender discrimination in the workplace, domestic workers and social protection floors.

10. 

    Video Highlights of World Day Against Child Labour ILO Events

    10 June 2011

    A press conference launching the ILO report: "Children in hazardous work - What We know, What we need to do" marked World Day Against Child Labour. Speaking at the press conference were Constance Thomas, Director the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) and Frank Hagemann, Chief of Policy and Research at IPEC. A panel discussion followed with Enoch T Mensah, Ghanas Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, Dagoberto Lima Godoy, spokesman for the Employers Group at the 100th International Labour Conference and N.M. Adyantha, spokesman for the Workers Group at the 100th International Labour Conference. Schoolchildren from Geneva gathered in front of the United Nations Geneva headquarters to celebrate global efforts to end child labour.