All Director-General statements

Workplace safety

ILO welcomes accord on Building and Fire Safety in Bangladesh

The ILO stands ready to provide appropriate support to the agreement signed by international fashion retailers along with other companies and trade unions to prevent workplace disasters.

UNRISD Conference

Guy Ryder's opening remarks to the UNRISD Conference on Social and Solidarity Economy

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

Video message by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder

Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

Putting jobs at the centre of recovery and sustainable development

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

From Algeria

Statement of the ILO's Director-General at the 40th Arab Labour Conference

From Oslo

ILO Director-General's closing remarks to the 9th European Regional Meeting

8-11 April 2013

Guy Ryder's opening remarks to the 9th European Regional Meeting

Statement delivered to Government, worker and employer representatives from 51 European and Central Asian member States gathered in Oslo to discuss the way forward for the region in the context of the continuing financial, economic and social crisis.

9th ILO European Regional Meeting

Guy Ryder's remarks at the panel discussion on how to tackle the consequences of the financial crisis

Introductory remarks delivered to the high level panel on "how to tackle the consequences of the financial crisis?", during the 9th ILO European Regional Meeting held in Oslo from 8 to 11 April 2013. Check against delivery

Gender-based violence

“STOP Violence at Work”

Remarks by the ILO Director-General at the event to mark International Women's Day 2013.

Inequalities

World Day for Social Justice 2013: Message by ILO Director-General

Event

ILO Director-General’s address to the EUROFOUND Forum 2013

Lecture by Guy Ryder

“Lessons from the Irish internationalist who organized social justice”

Lecture by Guy Ryder on Mr Edward Phelan at the invitation of the National University of Ireland. Guy Ryder described the life and work of Edward Phelan, who was not only the fourth Director of the ILO in 1941, and Director General under its new...

World Economic Forum in Davos

Excerpts from interviews of ILO Director-General Guy Ryder at the World Economic Forum in Davos

ILO Director-General's presentation of the Global Employment Trends 2013

Guy Ryder provided an overview of the scope of the Global Employment Trends 2013, followed by some of the key findings of the ILO report on trends and policies.

Youth jobs crisis

Statement by the ILO's Director-General at the Tripartite Seminar on Youth Employment

Statement by Guy Ryder at the Tripartite Seminar on Youth Employment in Europe organized by Hungarian Ministry for National Economy and the ILO, to examine the challenges of labour market integration of young people in Europe. (Check against...

Labour rights

Message by the ILO's Director-General on the occasion of International Migrants Day

We celebrate the contribution of women and men migrants to growth and development in both their host and home countries. They replenish labour markets with much-needed skills and human and social capital.

Joint statement by Mr Haruhiko Kuroda, President, Asian Development Bank, and Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General, ILO

Joint statement by the ADB and the ILO on promoting decent work in developing Asia and the Pacific to reduce poverty and vulnerability; supporting a more inclusive, equitable and prosperous Asia-Pacific region; promoting greater access to...

Moscow

Keynote address by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder to the Plenary session of the International Conference on Decent Work

Message by ILO's Director-General on World AIDS Day 2012

This World AIDS day commemoration carries a unanimous hope that the world can bring an end to AIDS.

US President in Myanmar

US President in Myanmar: ILO Director-General welcomes joint commitment to implementation of ILO plan to eliminate forced labour