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European Parliament delegation discusses response to the crisis with ILO Director-General

A high-level delegation of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) of the European Parliament visited the ILO headquarters in Geneva on 12 November 2012. The delegation met the ILO Director-General Guy Ryder and discussed – among other...

International labour Office comments on the World Bank’s “World Development Report 2013: Jobs”

World Bank’s “World Development Report 2013: Jobs”, ILO 2 November 2012.

Comments by M. Salazar-Xirinachs at Launching Event The World Bank’s 2013 World Development Report on Jobs

Statement by Jose M. Salazar-Xirinachs at Launching Event of the Report organized by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs and the World Bank, Bern, 1 November 2012.

International coordination

Joint press release by German Federal Chancellor, ILO, OECD, WTO, IMF and World Bank

Joint press release by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on...

Multilateral meeting

French President meets with the heads of ILO, OECD, WTO, IMF and World Bank

Agricultural cooperatives

Message from ILO Director-General on World Food Day

ILO Director-General congratulates EU on Nobel Peace Prize

On behalf of the ILO, Guy Ryder congratulated the European Union on its receipt of the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize on 12 October 2012.

Global jobs situation

ILO calls on G20 to live up to its promise to tackle the crisis

The ILO Director-General says G20 countries should stand by their commitment to take new, urgent measures in the face of deteriorating global economic conditions.

Youth jobs data

Youth labour market still critical in G20 countries

Data presented at a G20 meeting in Geneva shows that youth unemployment rates remain alarming, ranging from about 8 per cent to over 50 per cent in 17 of the 20 member countries. The G20 Task Force on Employment agreed to promote quality...

UN-EU Partnership Report 2012 launched

The seventh annual Partnership Report, "Saving and Improving Lives: Partnership between the United Nations and the European Union in 2011", was launched this week in New York.

G20: ILO head calls for measurable targets for job creation

Addressing the G20 summit, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia outlined concrete actions to address the global economic and social turmoil.

G20 summit in Los Cabos: ILO Director-General Remarks

ILO: G20 must act on jobs for youth, social protection

ILO Chief Juan Somavia heads to the G20 summit with a strong message to tackle the global jobs crisis, saying this would help restore investor confidence.

International Labour Conference urges ILO Director-General to take message for action on youth employment and social protection to G20...

ILO chief on world economy: Too much focus on finance, too little on society

ILO Director-General outlines what a new era for the world economy should look like, with changing priorities that break with the dogmas of the past and respond to people’s needs.

Global concern for jobs can help bring us out of the crisis, says ILO chief

World bodies need to unite around common concerns to rebuild global governance and respond to people’s needs, says ILO Director-General.

ILO and IMF support discussion of a new strategy for employment, decent work and development in Zambia

Zambian authorities, trade unions and employers agreed to work together and with the ILO and the IMF to promote employment by creating inclusive growth, at a two day-meeting that ended in Lusaka on 22 May.

G20 still facing a 21 million jobs shortfall, say ILO and OECD

If employment continues to grow at the current rate of 1.5 per cent, it will be impossible to close the approximately 21 million jobs gap that has accumulated across the G20 since the onset of the crisis in 2008, said the International Labour...

Open markets alone will not create good-quality jobs, says ILO

Full and productive employment must become a key objective of the international trading system if open markets are to translate into more and better jobs, said the Executive Director of the ILO’s Employment Sector, Mr. José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.

Remarks by M. Salazar-Xirinachs ILO Executive Director at the XIII session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development...

Remarks by M. Salazar-Xirinachs ILO Executive Director, Employment Sector, at United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) XIII Panel on Reflections on the international trading system and inclusive development - Doha, Quatar, 24...