Statements and Speeches

2018

  1. Welcome Remarks by ILO Employment Policy Director Sangheon Lee during the presentation of the working paper on Rethinking Labour: Ethical Perspective on the Future of Work

    07 November 2018

  2. ILO Statement at the TICAD Ministerial Meeting

    29 October 2018

  3. Remarks by ILO Employment Policy Director Sangheon Lee during the presentation of the World Economic Forum report “Towards a reskilling revolution: A future of jobs for all”

    08 September 2018

  4. Opening Remarks, Sangheon Lee, ILO/Director of Employment Policy, UNCTAD 8th Global Commodities Forum, Building Skills for Sustainable development, 23-24 April 2018, Geneva

    23 April 2018

2017

  1. ILO's closing remarks

    19 December 2017

    Theme: "Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Employment–intensive Investment Approach"

  2. Keynote Speech by Director of ILO Country Office, Addis Ababa

    19 December 2017

    Theme: "Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Employment–intensive Investment Approach"

  3. Opening remark by ILO Regional Director for Africa

    19 December 2017

    Theme: "Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Employment–intensive Investment Approach"

  4. European Pillar of Social Rights central to an equitable future of work

    17 November 2017

    ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, says the Pillar provides a framework for building a world of work that is fair and inclusive, during his speech to the Social Summit for Fair jobs and Growth in Gothenburg, Sweden.

  5. Participants Statement from the 17th Regional Labour-based Seminar

    15 November 2017

    Theme: "Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Employment–intensive Investment Approach"

  6. Ministerial Declaration from the 17th Regional Labour-based Seminar

    15 November 2017

    Theme: "Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Employment–intensive Investment Approach"

  7. ILO: Disaster Risk Reduction key to saving lives, livelihoods and businesses

    13 October 2017

    ILO encourages employment-centered response in line with its Recommendation 205.

  8. Disaster response: putting youth at the centre of prevention and resilience

    22 May 2017

2016

  1. Employment Programmes and Peace: A joint statement on an analytical framework, emerging principles for action and next steps

    26 September 2016

    Joint statement presented by the ILO, PBSO, UNDP and the World Bank at a side event during the opening of the 71st session of the General Assembly.

  2. Agreement of Cooperation among 13 Labour-Based Training Institutions in Africa

    25 January 2016

  3. Declaration of Members from the 1st Workshop of All Africa Labour-Based Training Institutions

    25 January 2016

    Theme: "Knowledge Sharing of Labour-Based Trainings Institutions in Africa"

2015

  1. Ministerial Declaration from the 16th Regional Labour-based Seminar

    29 October 2015

    Theme: "Facing the Challenges of Sustainable Development in the Context of Decentralization with Employment Intensive Investment Approaches"

  2. The current reality and future of work, in India and beyond

    07 October 2015

    MOLE-IHD-ILO public lecture by Ms Sandra Polaski, Deputy Director-General (Policy), ILO, Geneva

  3. Remarks at the Opening Session of Knowledge-Sharing on the ILO/Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD)/World Bank PMGSY Programme and launch of NREGA barefoot technicians training modules, in collaboration with the Ministry of Rural Development

    06 October 2015

    By Ms Sandra Polaski, Deputy Director-General (Policy) at the Opening Session of Knowledge-Sharing on the ILO/Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD)/World Bank PMGSY Programme and launch of NREGA barefoot technicians training modules, in collaboration with the Ministry of Rural DevelopmentNew Delhi, 6 October 2015

  4. © Russell Watkins / DFID 2019
    ILO Director-General reaffirms support to Nepal reconstruction following second earthquake

    13 May 2015

  5. Disaster risk reduction and the Post-2015 framework for sustainable development

    12 March 2015

    Statement by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on the occasion of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (14-18 March 2015 - Sendai, Japan).