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ILO's Director-General: News and press releases
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December 2012
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Press release
ILO Director-General arrives in the Philippines, extends sympathies to typhoon survivors
16 December 2012
The Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Mr Guy Ryder, arrives today in Manila for a two-day visit and extends his sympathies to those who lost their loved-ones a year ago in Washi (Sendong) and more recently by Typhoon Bopha (Pablo).
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Photo coverage
ILO Director-General visits shrimp peeling facility in Samut Sakhon
15 December 2012
Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General of the ILO visited PP Tam shrimp peeling facility in Samut Sakhon Province on 15 December 2012.
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Photo coverage
ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder meets with the Governor of Samut Sakhon
15 December 2012
The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder met with the Governor of Samut Sakhon, Julapat Sangchan at the Provincial Hall on 15 December 2012. He received a briefing on activities undertaken to prevent the use of child labour and human trafficking. Representatives of the employers and workers were also present.
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Photo coverage
ILO Director-General visits the Marine Gold Product company
15 December 2012
Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) visited the Marine Gold Product company in Samut Sakhon and met with workers, most of whom are migrants from Myanmar.
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Photo coverage
ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder meets migrant workers
15 December 2012
The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder met migrant workers from Myanmar at a Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) of the ILO ‘s Tripartite Action to Protect Migrants from Labour Exploitation (the TRIANGLE project) in Samut Prakarn Province, Thailand on 15 December 2012.
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Photo release
ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder meets workers' representatives and receives a petition
14 December 2012
Mr Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General met representatives of Thai workers’ organizations at the United Nations on 14 December 2012 in Bangkok. The workers requested the ILO to encourage the Government to ratify the ILO Conventions concerning freedom of association and collective bargaining. He also received a petition regarding a dismisal and seeking reinstatement.
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News
ILO's Director-General meets the Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra
14 December 2012
Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder met the Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at Government House on 14 December 2012.
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News
ILO Director-General met with representatives of the Employers' Confederation of Thailand (ECOT)
14 December 2012
ILO Director-General Guy Ryder met with representatives of the Employers' Confederation of Thailand (ECOT) during his visit to Thailand at the United Nations Conference Center on 14 December 2012
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News
ILO Director-General holds talks with Thai Minister of Labour
13 December 2012
The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Mr Guy Ryder meets with Minister of Labour of Thailand, Padermchai Sasomsap, in Bangkok, Thailand, on 13 December 2012.
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Press release
ILO Director-General to visit Thailand
07 December 2012
The Director-General of the ILO, Mr Guy Ryder, is to visit Thailand from Thursday 13 December to Sunday 16 December. The trip will be Mr Ryder’s first visit to Asia since he took up the post of Director-General on 1 October 2012.
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Press release
Guy Ryder: "ILO and EU have a shared responsibility of realizing decent work for all"
06 December 2012
For the 10th time in a row, and in the presence of the ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, the ILO and the European Commission held their annual high-level meeting defining the focus of their cooperation for the next year. At this meeting, Guy Ryder honored the historical partnership between both institutions and looked at the common challenges in the face of the global crisis.
November 2012
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World AIDS Day
Heads of UN agencies launch “Getting to Zero at Work” campaign
29 November 2012
The campaign aims to promote ILO Recommendation 200 concerning HIV and AIDS and the World of Work, 2010.
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African economy
AfDB President spells out agenda for job creation
22 November 2012
The President of the African Development Bank, Dr Donald Kaberuka, talks about what it takes to generate income, jobs and sustainable employment.
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Visit to the ILO International Training Centre
ILO Director-General: "Our mandate is to translate economic growth into social justice"
20 November 2012
ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, highlighted the heavy toll exacted by austerity measures on the most vulnerables at a roundtable discussion on the “Impact of the global crisis on employment and welfare in a mature economy: international and national perspectives”, which took place at the ILO International Training Centre.
October 2012
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International coordination
Joint press release by German Federal Chancellor, ILO, OECD, WTO, IMF and World Bank
30 October 2012
Joint press release by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on the occasion of their meeting on 30 October 2012 in Berlin.
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Multilateral meeting
French President meets with the heads of ILO, OECD, WTO, IMF and World Bank
29 October 2012
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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
New direction needed if poverty is to be beaten
17 October 2012
Decent Work and full employment must be key goals in the fight against poverty, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.
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Global jobs situation
ILO calls on G20 to live up to its promise to tackle the crisis
11 October 2012
The ILO Director-General says G20 countries should stand by their commitment to take new, urgent measures in the face of deteriorating global economic conditions.
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Interview with The Times
ILO Chief warns of austerity’s ‘toxic’ impact
03 October 2012
In an interview with The Times newspaper, the head of ILO warned that austerity measures in southern European countries risk having “quite harmful consequences”. He was more positive about the outlook in Britain.