Statements and speeches
2019
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Statement
Skilling is the answer to challenges of future
10 December 2019
Special address by Ms. Walter Dagmar, Director, DWT South Asia and India at CII’s National Conference on Skill Development and Livelihood – Skills4Jobs: Driving Convergence.
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Statement
Social Dialogue offers voice to everyone
09 December 2019
Inaugural address by Mr Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director, DWT South Asia and India at National Tripartite Social Dialogue Workshop in Mumbai organized jointly by the ILO and V V Giri National Labour Institute.
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Workers and Sustainable Development
Message at the Trade Unions and Sustainable Development Goals: A South-South Learning Exchange and Training Workshop
02 December 2019
Delivered on behalf of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in the Philippines by Khalid Hassan, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines, 2 December 2019, Makati City, Philippines
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Statement
Speech for the Workshop on Validation of Final Draft National Occupational Safety and Health Programme 2020 – 2024
26 November 2019
By Michiko Miyamoto, Director of ILO for Indonesia and Timor-Leste
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Statement
No social justice without achieving Target 8.7
20 November 2019
Ms. Walter Dagmar, Director, DWT South Asia and India, addresses the gathering on behalf of ILO’s Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Ms. Tomoko Nishimoto at the inaugural session of the Asia Regional Conference on Alliance 8.7
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Statement
Labour Statistics are foundation of policy-making for Decent Work
14 November 2019
Inaugural address by Mr Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director, ILO South Asia and New Delhi, at Technical Consultation Periodic Labour Force Survey and 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS)
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© Frans Persoon 2019
International Labour Standards
Convention No 1: A landmark for Workers’ Rights
13 November 2019
100 years ago the first International Labour Conference adopted the first International Labour Standard – on working time. As the ILO celebrates this landmark moment, ILO Working Time specialist, Jon Messenger, looks back at the history of the Convention and its impact.
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Statement
Strive to build the future of work you want
09 November 2019
Ms. Walter Dagmar, Director, ILO DWT South Asia and India, addressed the future managers at XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, at seminar based on ILO’s centenary theme of ‘Future of Work’.
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Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
Uncertain global economic and jobs outlook calls for renewed labour policies, institutions
19 October 2019
Growing concerns about global economic and employment prospects must be met with robust policies to promote employment, social dialogue and labour standards and institutions, the Director-General, Guy Ryder has told the World Bank
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Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
Growing concerns about global employment and economic growth require stronger response
19 October 2019
Pro-active, effective measures, with a particular focus on small economic units, are needed to ensure that the response to a slowing global economy can prevent global unemployment rising and growth weakening.