All Director-General statements

Working Party on the social dimension of globalization

ILO Director-General's statement on Global economic prospects and the Decent Work Agenda

ILO Director-General introduction to the Working party on the social dimension of globalization - High-level section of the governing body of the ILO. CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY

Agricultural cooperatives

Message from ILO Director-General on World Food Day

IMF/World Bank annual meeting

Urgent coordinated measures to promote employment and decent jobs

Statement by Mr Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General at the International Monetary and Financial Committee and Development Committee (Tokyo, 13 October 2012)

2012 Nobel Peace Prize

ILO Director-General congratulates EU on Nobel Peace Prize

International Day of the Girl Child

Message by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, on the occasion of International Day of the Girl Child 2012

Dpa Insight EU news service interviews ILO Director General elect Guy Ryder

The news service 'Dpa Insight EU' interviewed Guy Ryder on the occasion of the European Commission 'Jobs for Europe' conference in Brussels on 6-7 September 2012.

Rio+20: Remarks by Juan Somavia on "Looking at the way forward in implementing the expected outcomes of the Conference" -

Intervention of Mr. Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) at the Rountable on Sustainable Development, "Looking at the way forward in implementing the expected outcomes of the Conference", Rio + 20, Rio de...

G20 summit in Los Cabos: ILO Director-General Remarks

Message by Juan Somavia Director-General of the ILO on the occasion of World Day against Child Labour (12 June, 2012)

ILO Director-General’s opening address to the 101st International Labour Conference

Statement of ILO Director-General Juan Somavia at an ILO-AICESIS international conference.

Opening address by Juan Somavia, Director-General of the ILO, at the ILO-AICESIS International Conference in ILO headquarters on 8 May 2012.

Message by Juan Somavia Director-General of the ILO on the occasion of World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2012

In his message for the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, celebrated 28 April of each year, the ILO Director General reiterated the need to focus on the promotion of safer and healthier workplaces in the transition to a greener economy.

ILO Director General statement to the XIII session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

In the name of ILO Director-General Juan Somavia, Mr. Salazar, ILO Executive Director for Employment Sector, addressed the General Debate of the XIII session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) taking place in Doha,...

Leading the Way to Sustainable and Inclusive Globalization - Message by Juan Somavia at the Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank

The head of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Mr Juan Somavia, called for a major “rethink” of current policies so that the recovery starts having a real impact on people’s lives, in a statement to the International Monetary and Financial...

Message by Juan Somavia Director-General of the ILO on the occasion of International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day is celebrated on 8th March of each year. This year’s event focuses on recognizing the important contribution of rural women across the world to the well-being of their families and communities and in sustaining societies...

“A new era of social justice”: Statement by ILO Director General, for World Day of Social Justice 2012

“A new era of social justice”: Statement by Juan Somavia, ILO Director General, On the occasion of World Day of Social Justice- 20 February 2012.

Message by Juan Somavia Director-General of the ILO on the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities- 3 December 2011

On this Day the ILO calls for a concerted effort to expand opportunities for decent and productive work for persons with disabilities as one of the most effective channels of inclusive development.

Message by Juan Somavia Director-General of the ILO on the occasion of World AIDS Day -1 December 2011

Statement by Juan Somavia to the General Assembly of the International Co-operative Alliance

The biannual General Assembly of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) is being held from 15-18 November 2011 in Cancun, Mexico. On this occasion the global cooperative community also marked the launch of the UN International Year of...

Message from ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia, on the occasion of the launch of International Year of Cooperatives