All Director-General statements

133rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

ILO Director-General: Access to labour markets, a powerful engine of integration of migrant populations into societies

Transcript of ILO Director-General Guy Ryder’s Address to the 133rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) during the Opening Session of the General Debate on “The moral and economic imperative for fairer, smarter and more human migration”.

World Poverty Day

An end to Poverty by 2030: It can be done

The theme of this year’s World Poverty Day, “Building a sustainable future: Coming together to end poverty and discrimination”. Statement by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on World Poverty Day 2015.

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder’s Remarks at G7 Employment and Development Ministers’ Meeting

Roundtable 2: Taking on shared responsibility: Vision Zero Fund and capacity development for producing countries

Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

Decent work and transforming global growth for sustainable development (PDF)

Statement by Mr Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General at the Development Committee, Lima, Peru

Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

Decent work and transforming global growth for sustainable development

Statement by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, at the Development Committee in Lima, Peru.

Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

Reduce inequality, accelerate growth, generate decent work (PDF)

Statement by Mr Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General at the International Monetary and Financial Committee, Lima, Peru

Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

Reduce inequality, accelerate growth, generate decent work

Statement by Mr Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General at the International Monetary and Financial Committee, Lima, Peru.

First Annual Global Employers' Summit

“Predicting the Unpredictable – The Future of Work”

Keynote speech by Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the occasion of the First Annual Global Employers' Summit in Bahrain.

European Trade Union Confederation - 13th Congress

Speech by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder to ETUC Congress

Joint interagency statement

Ending violence and discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex people

In a joint statement United Nations entities* call on States to act urgently to end violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) adults, adolescents and children.

UN Summit for the Adoption of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

Fostering sustainable economic growth and transformation and promoting sustainable consumption and production

Remarks by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder at the UN Summit for the Adoption of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda (New York, 25-27 September 2015)

Institute of International and European Affairs

“After the crisis: Challenges for labour markets, now and in the future”

Remarks by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder at the Institute of International and European Affairs.

South-South Cooperation

"Great potential for South-South cooperation to help improve the working lives of millions"

"There is a lot of room for scaling up South-South cooperation and for strengthening interregional cooperation in the global South. Workers and employers and their organizations along with governments all have a role to play in encouraging this...

Summit of G20 Finance and Labour and Employment Ministers

Remarks by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder for Opening Session of Joint Meeting of G20 Finance and Labour Ministers

Summit of G20 Labour and Employment Ministers

ILO Director-General: 'Economic and employment growth are mutually dependent'

Speech by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder for the opening session of the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting held in Ankara, 3 September 2015, introducing joint ILO/OECD/WB paper on G20 Labour Markets in 2015.

ILO Director-General pays tribute to Professor Sir Bob Hepple (1934-2015)

International Youth Day

Engage young people to solve youth employment

On International Youth Day, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder calls on actors in the world of work to foster the inclusion of young people.

"Indigenous peoples have the right to decent work"

"A better and just future for indigenous peoples demands new and innovative approaches that enhance the visibility of indigenous peoples and pay attention to their concerns, needs and aspirations," said ILO Director-General underlying the role of...

World Breastfeeding Week

“Breastfeeding and Work - Let’s Make it Work!”

"Ensuring adequate maternity protection and time and space for breastfeeding at work is not only the right thing to do, it also makes economic sense," says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.

Third International Conference on Financing for Development

Ensuring policy coherence and an enabling environment at all levels for sustainable development

ILO Director-General speaking note for Round Table 2 UN Conference on Financing for Development.