All Director-General statements

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder – Keynote address

Speech by ILO Director General Guy Ryder Opening of the Ghana Job Summit ACCRA, 14 April 2015

Economic and Social Council 2015 Integration Summit

"Making Dignity and Prosperity the Norm"

Keynote Address by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General. Economic and Social Council Integration Segment, New York 31 March 2015

Disaster risk reduction and the Post-2015 framework for sustainable development

Statement by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on the occasion of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (14-18 March 2015 - Sendai, Japan).

"The future of work must also deal with the future of women at work"

Statement by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8 March 2015.

ILO Director-General address to the 9th ILO Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers

After the crisis

Challenges for labour markets now and in the future

In a statement delivered at the Institute of International and European Affairs, ILO Director-general Guy Ryder examined the state of labour markets and the drivers of major change, at a time when governments across the globe are giving priority to...

World Day of Social Justice 2015

“There is no inevitability, no excuse: Forced labour can be stopped”

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder vows ILO leadership in fight against forced labour on World Day of Social Justice.

International Migrants Day

Joint statement by ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein

Joint statement by ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, on the...

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Sustainable Development: The Promise of Technology

Statement by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

“We all need to join forces to end slavery in the 21st century”

World AIDS Day

Decent work, social protection can help close the gap

Statement by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on World AIDS Day 2014.

Statement

ILO Awarded 25th Anniversary Super Vector Prize

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder’s acceptance speech for the prestigious award from the Employers of Poland at its jubilee gala event in Warsaw in the presence of the President of Poland.

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Leave no one behind: Working to end poverty

Statement by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

The decent work foundation for shared prosperity

ILO statement delivered to the World Bank Group and IMF Development Committee - Autumn meeting in Washington

Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

The decent work foundation for shared prosperity (PDF)

ILO statement delivered to the World Bank Group and IMF Development Committee - Autumn meeting in Washington

Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

Reversing the slide into a low growth trap

ILO Statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee.

Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

Reversing the slide into a low growth trap (PDF)

Statement by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, to the International Monetary and Financial Committee.

Nobel Peace Prize

Guy Ryder: "This year’s Nobel Peace Prize is a landmark moment in the fight against child labour"

The International Labour Organization salutes the winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi.

World Teachers’ Day

"Investing in teachers means investing in the future"

Joint message (ILO, UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP, Education International) for the World Teachers’ Day. 5 October 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of World Teachers’ Day, which commemorates the adoption of the ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the status...