All Director-General statements

International Day of Older Persons

"Extending pension coverage and ensuring effective access to health care for older persons is a priority"

On the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, underlines the need to address the demographic challenge through integrated employment promotion and social protection policies that build on the virtuous...

69th Session of the UN General Assembly

ILO Director-General's statement to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples Rights

Op-Ed

"Cleaner, Greener, and Richer"

ILO Director-General and UNFCCC Executive-Director argue that world leaders meeting at the UN Climate Summit in New York can deliver a safer, healthier, and more prosperous world that provides millions of decent work opportunities.

United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

ILO Deputy-Director General Gilbert Houngbo: "South-South Cooperation offers real, concrete solutions to development challenges"

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meeting - Melbourne

ILO Director General's address on G20 Labour Markets

The Director-General of the ILO, Guy Ryder, joined the G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting held in Melbourne in September 2014, during which the ILO presented a number of reports on employment issues that have been prepared to inform the...

Climate change

ILO and UNFCCC to increase collaboration ahead of UN climate summit

Joint statement by Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization and Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

International Youth Day 2014

Ryder: "The mental health of young people matters to us all"

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Bridging the gap: Implementing the rights of indigenous peoples

Message by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay and ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

World Day against Trafficking in Persons

Guy Ryder: "Trafficking in human beings is not a thing of the past"

Youth employment

Welcome remarks by ILO's Director-General on the occasion of the visit of the UN Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-moon

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon participated in an interactive dialogue on youth employment during his visit to ILO headquarters in Geneva. The session focused on the importance of investing in quality jobs for youth, particularly those living in...

World Day against Child Labour

Statement by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on the occasion of the World Day against Child Labour

103rd International Labour Conference

ILO Director-General's opening remarks to the World of Work Summit on "Developing with Jobs"

International Labour Conference

ILO Director-General’s opening remarks to the International Labour Conference

Address by the ILO's Director-General to the 3rd International Trade Union Confederation's World Congress

International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

Message by Guy Ryder for International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

International Day of Families 2014 – 15 May

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder: “Decent work for women and men assures a better deal for families”

Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

Tackling unemployment and inequality to revive growth

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

European Commission High-Level Conference

Youth Guarantee: Making it happen

Guy Ryder's address at the session on Europe's Youth Guarantee in a global context - G20 work on youth employment. Check against delivery

Seafarers' rights

ILO Director remarks at the Special Tripartite Committee established under the Maritime Labour Convention

Working conditions

Post Rana Plaza: A vision for the future

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder's address to the High Level Meeting on garment and textiles production in Bangladesh organized by the Government of Denmark in Copenhagen.