Events coverage

June 2010

1. 

   Press Conference: New ILO report on the situation of workers in the occupied Arab territories

   10 June 2010

2. 

   Recovering From the Crisis - A Chinese Experience

   10 June 2010

   A panel discussion on promoting employment in China during the financial crisis, provided examples of Global Jobs Pact implementation at the local level. The delegation consisted of Wang Yadong, Deputy Director-General of the Employment Promotion Department at China's Ministry of Human Resource and Social Security (MOHRSS), together with his social partners from the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), represented by its Director-General, Jiang Guangping, and the China Enterprise Confederation (CEC), represented by Li Jianming.

3. 

   Panel Discussion: "Don't Waste the Crisis - Critical Perspectives for a New Economic Model"

   08 June 2010

   The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and ILO/ACTRAV hosted a panel discussion to launch the book: "Don't waste the crisis - critical perspectives for a new economic model". The panel discussion was chaired by Frank Hoffer, ILO ACTRAV, with speakers including John Evans, General Secretary TUAC, Raymond Torres, Director, ILO/IILS, Nicolas Pons-Vignon, Editor, University of the Witwatersrand, and Dan Cunniah, Director of ILO/ACTRAV.

4. 

   Dr. Maria Neira, Director of the WHO Department of Public Health and Environment Addresses Committee on HIV/AIDS

   03 June 2010

5. 

   Professor John Ruggie Presents Business and Human Rights Framework

   03 June 2010

   Professor John Ruggie, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General gives a presentation on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises. His “protect, respect and remedy” framework lays the foundations of a system for better managing business and human rights challenges based on distinct yet complementary responsibilities for States and corporations and effective remedy in case of abuse. At the invitation of the Multinational Enterprises Subcommittee of the Governing Body, Professor Ruggie shares insights on further steps towards putting into operation and promoting the framework, and implications for the ILO.

6. 

   Jan Beagle, Deputy Executive Director at UNAIDS Addresses Committee on HIV/AIDS

   03 June 2010

7. 

   Committee on Domestic Workers - Opening Remarks

   02 June 2010

8. 

   ILO Director-General Juan Somavia Addresses the Committee for the Recurrent Discussion on Employment

   02 June 2010

9. 

   Committee on HIV/AIDS - Opening Remarks

   02 June 2010

10. 

    Doris Leuthard, President of the Swiss Confederation addresses the 99th ILC

    02 June 2010

    “The crisis will not be over as long as unemployment and underemployment prevail,” said the President of the Swiss Confederation, H.E. Ms. Doris Leuthard, at the opening ceremony of the 99th annual conference of the International Labour Organization. (in French)