Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director, 2012-14

Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto was appointed Regional Director of the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RO-Bangkok), at the Assistant Director-General level, with effect from 16 October 2012 until 31 December 2014.

Mr Uramoto holds an MA in Public Administration (1993) from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA with specialization in social policy in economic adjustment. He also holds a BA in Arts and Social Studies (1974) from the Faculty of Foreign Languages at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. Prior to joining the ILO, Mr Uramoto was a Global Studies graduate professor teaching at Sophia University. More >>

Statements and speeches

SAARC commits to helping migrant workers
18 December 2014

Avoiding the gamble: making migrant labour fairer
18 December 2014

Regional Director's remarks at the 23rd Meeting of ASEAN Labour Minsters
22 May 2014

Regional Director's statement on Super Typhoon Haiyan
13 November 2013

Regional perspectives relating to ILO’s technical cooperation programme: Trends and perspectives since 2000
24 October 2013

South Asia Coordinating Group on Action Against Violence Against Children (SACG) inaugural address
26 September 2013
 

News and press releases

ILO and Singapore renew Partnership Agreement to improve labour and workplace practices in Southeast Asia
10 June 2014

ILO Assistant Director-General and Asia Pacific Regional Director makes first visit to Lao People's Democratic Republic
7 May 2014

New Country Director for the ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia
4 March 2014

Lessons from Japan's tsunami response to aid Philippines Typhoon Haiyan victims
19 February 2014

Former Regional Directors

Former Regional Directors

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