All Director-General statements
Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
ILO calls for universal social protection, wage support for low income households
In a statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo highlighted the need to support low income households through increases in minimum wages and social protection benefits.
World teachers day
The transformation of education begins with teachers
Joint Message from Mr Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General, International Labour Organization, Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UNICEF, Mr David Edwards, General Secretary, Education...
Address by ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo during the ceremony for transfer of office
Address by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder during the ceremony for the transfer of office at the ILO
48th Arab Labour Conference
ILO Director-General’s address to the Arab Labour Conference 2022
In a recorded video address, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder addresses Arab governments, workers and employers meeting in Cairo, Egypt, with a call to pursue with the ILO a shared mission of promoting social justice.
BRICS 8th Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting
ILO Director-General’s remarks to the BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting
G7 Summit
ILO Director-General warns G7 Summit on great divergence
In his statement to the G7 Summit in Germany, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, says pandemic and conflict have widened divergence between industrialized and developing countries. Raises concern over inequalities within countries, including gender...
World Day Against Child Labour 2022
Fight against child labour is at a crossroads
In his statement for World Day Against Child Labour 2022, International Labour Organization Director-General, Guy Ryder, warns the choices made by governments now will make or break the lives of millions of children. He says social protection is one...
Opening remarks by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, at the 110th Session of the International Labour Conference
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Social dialogue for a positive safety and health culture
In a message to mark World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization, outlines the importance of workers, employers and governments working together to reduce deaths and injuries in the...
Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
Statement by Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization, to the Development Committee
Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
Statement by Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization, to the IMFC
344th Session of the ILO Governing Body
Opening intervention by the ILO Director-General
Global Forum for a Human-centred Recovery
Opening remarks by ILO Director-General
Guy Ryder opened the Global Forum for a Human-centred Recovery with a plea for the international community to take action to address the ‘dangerous inequalities’ exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic within and among countries.
Informal ministerial meeting of the Ministers of Labour (EPSCO)
The impact of digital and climate transitions on the labour market
In a video statement to the EU labour ministers of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO), ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, addresses the “need to accelerate and to steer the transition to a greener, more...
UN General Assembly
Accelerating and scaling up the SDGs, leaving no-one behind
The Director-General of the ILO reacts to the arrest of striking workers in Phnom Penh in a letter to the Prime Minister of Cambodia
ILO Director-General statement at the Just transition forum
Sixth annual “1+6” Roundtable Dialogue
Social and labour policies crucial for China’s move to high-income status
ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, praises China’s focus on high quality growth, people-centred development, quality jobs and a greener economy in its five-year plan. He was speaking at the "1+6 Roundtable Dialogue’ on Promoting Strong, Inclusive and...