Statements and speeches

2014

  1. Speech

    Unless we take decisive action, the AEC risks leaving some behind

    04 September 2014

    Opening speech by Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific,at the Viet Nam Policy Dialogue on "ASEAN Community 2015: Managing integration for better jobs and shared prosperity"

  2. ASEAN Economic Community

    Can the AEC 2015 deliver for ASEAN’s people?

    19 August 2014

    This is the op-ed for the Regional Launch of the joint ILO-ADB study: "ASEAN Community 2015: Managing integration for better jobs and shared prosperity" in Jakarta on 20 August 2014.

  3. Statement

    Opening address at the Fostering the social and professional reintegration of returned migrants

    14 July 2014

    By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Fostering the social and professional reintegration of returned migrants, Tagaytay City, Philippines, 14 July 2014

  4. Statement

    Opening address at the ASEAN Labour Inspection Conference 2014

    03 July 2014

    By Ms Laura Brewer, Deputy Director of ILO Country Office for the Philippines, on behalf of Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the at the ASEAN Labour Inspection Conference 2014, Manila, Philippines, 3 July 2014

  5. Statement

    Opening address at the consultative forum on collective bargaining

    23 June 2014

    By Ms Carla Henry, Deputy Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines, delivered on behalf of Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the consultative forum on collective bargaining, Quezon City, Philippines, 23 June 2014

  6. © Anwar Mustafa / AFP 2024

    Rights at work

    Domestic work, Work like any other

    16 June 2014

    The well-publicised case of the abused Indonesian maid Erwiana Sulistyaningsih placed a spotlight on the plight of a vulnerable and often invisible population, migrant domestic workers. Yoshiteru Uramoto, ILO's Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, explains how we can contribute to end this plight, relying on international labour standards.

  7. Opinion

    Domestic work, work like any other

    13 June 2014

    Opinion by Yoshiteru Uramoto, ILO Regional Director for Asia-Pacific

  8. Statement

    Keynote address: Extend social protection, combat child labour

    12 June 2014

    By Ms Carla Henry, Deputy Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines, delivered on behalf of Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the World Day against Child Labour, Tacloban, Philippines, 12 June 2014

  9. Statement

    Statement - South Asian Child Rights Group Calls for Augmented Social Protection to End Child Labour and All Forms of Violence against Children

    12 June 2014

  10. Speech

    ILO Viet Nam Director’s opening remarks to the Workshop on Social Insurance Law Reform

    27 May 2014