All Director-General statements

Message by Juan Somavia for International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

12th ILO African Regional Meeting: Address by ILO Director-General Juan Somavia

Joint Statement for G20 Labour Ministerial by ILO Director-General Juan Somavia and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría

As the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meet today, we, the Heads of the International Labour Organization and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, wish to express our concern over the seriousness of the jobs crisis. 200...

ILO Director-General address to the European Parliament

Statement on Fiji, by ILO Director-General Juan Somavia

Message by ILO Director-General on the occasion of International Youth Day

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

Statement by Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Office, On the occasion of International Day of Cooperatives - 2...

Message by ILO Director-General on the occasion of International Day of Cooperatives

ILO Director-General's statement on Bahrain

The Director-General of the ILO condemned the public call by the Joint Committee of Major Companies in Bahrain to the 15 members of the Executive Committee of the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions to resign immediately or to face criminal...

Message by Juan Somavia Director-General of the International Labour Office on the occasion of World Day against Child Labour

Message by Juan Somavia, Director-General of the ILO, on the occasion of World Environment Day 2011

Statement by Mr. Juan Somavia, Director General of the ILO, at the opening of the 100th International Labour Conference

Presentation of the Report of the Director General.

Statement - DG ILO OECD MOU

Statement by the ILO Director-General on the signing of an ILO-OECD Memorandum of Understanding

Message by Juan Somavia on the occasion of World Day for Safety and Health at Work

On this Day we recall that every year around 337 million people are victims of work accidents and more than 2.3 million people die because of occupational injuries or work-related diseases.

ILO Director-General sounds alarm on situation of workers in Bahrain

The Director-General of the International Labour Office, Juan Somavia, has reiterated the grave concern he expressed in a letter of 1 April to the Prime Minister of Bahrain at developments in the country, in particular over reports of widespread...

“The crisis in Bahrain must be solved through national dialogue” Statement by the ILO Director-General

“Making recovery work for women”: Statement by ILO Director-General Juan Somavia for International Women’s Day

Statement by Juan Somavia Director-General of the International Labour Office on the situation in Libya

Statement by ILO Director-General on the situation in Libya