Videos

  1. Backstage at the virtual ILO Governing Body

    20 November 2020

    The ILO’s first virtual Governing Body meeting wrapped up its 340th session on 14 November. Take a look behind the scenes at how this historic meeting was put together.

  2. History-making virtual ILO Governing Body meets

    04 November 2020

    For the first time in the ILO’s history, an essentially virtual Governing Body meeting is taking place. Involving members from all regions, the 340th session of the Governing Body runs from 2 – 14 November. It is the first to take place this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  3. ILO must be "fit for purpose" to support post-2015 development goals

    23 March 2015

    UN Secretary-General's Special Advisor on Post-2015 Development Planning Amina Mohammed discusses the emerging post-2015 development agenda and the prominent role the Decent Work Agenda is taking on. She stressed the importance of individual members of the UN family being "fit for purpose" in supporting an integrated approach to sustainable development. Ms Mohammed was at the ILO attending a High-Level Segment of the ILO Governing Body.

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    ILO Governing Body focuses on G20 and the post-2015 development agenda

    23 March 2015

    Amina Mohammed, UN Special Advisor on Post-2015 Development Planning and Faruk Celik, Minister of Work and Social Security of Turkey addressed a High-Level Segment of the ILO Governing Body, discussing the emerging post-2015 development agenda and the priorities of the G20 Employment and Labour Ministers meeting to be held in Turkey in September 2015.

  5. The MNE Declaration: more relevant than ever

    13 June 2014

    Sam Gurney, Governing Body Workers’ Spokesperson (MNE Segment) explains the increasingly important role multinational entrerprises play in today’s globalized economy and underlines the importance of the new follow-up mechanism to the Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration) adopted by the ILO Governing Body in March 2014.

  6. Guy Ryder elected 10th Director-General of the ILO

    28 May 2012

    Guy Ryder,currently the ILO's Executive Director for International Labour Standards and Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, was elected as the tenth Director-General of the ILO. He will begin his five-year term in October 2012.

  7. ILO/EU Commission partnership major catalyst for social and employment policies

    14 November 2011

    EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, László Andor, addressed the ILO Governing Body citing the urgent need to use the partnership between the ILO and the EU to address the critical challenges of economic recession and to manage the transformation towards greener economies.

  8. Open Trade and Social Protection are Complementary: WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy Addresses the ILO's Governing Body

    15 November 2010

    The Director-General of the WTO, Pascal Lamy, addressed the Working Party on the Social Dimension of Globalization of the ILO's Governing Body, along with ILO Director-General Juan Somavia and Richard Kozul-Wight, senior economist at UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Wiseman Lumkile Nkuhlu, President of the International Organization of Employers (IOE), and Sharan Burrow, General-Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).

  9. IMF Managing-Director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn addresses ILO’s Governing Body on responses to the current global financial and economic crisis

    23 March 2009

    The Director of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn has called for increased cooperation between the IMF and the International Labour Organization, saying that coordination between multilateral institutions was crucial in addressing the global economic crisis. He was speaking at a high level meeting of the ILO in Geneva.

  10. ILO has a major role to play in responding to the economic crisis says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

    19 November 2008

    ILO Director General Juan Somavia welcomed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today to the ILO's Governing Body. Finding solutions to the economic crisis requires the kind of forward thinking represented at the ILO, said the Secretary-General, which brings together employers, workers and governments. "We are going to need this kind of partnership, and this kind of practical approach, to get through this difficult time," he added.

  11. Time of crisis is an opportunity for change, says Spanish President José Luis Rodríguez-Zapatero

    18 November 2008

    The Spanish President, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, called today on governments around the world to sustain and strengthen policies that promote social cohesion, employment and social dialogue as a fundamental step towards solving the current financial and economic crisis. (in Spanish)

  12. Juan Somavia welcomes World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick to the International Labour Organization

    18 March 2008

    In his introduction of Mr. Zoellick to the Governing Body, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia cited increased cooperation between the ILO and World Bank, and noted that the ILO tripartite members could provide a "vital conduit" for extending efforts to create jobs and reduce poverty at all levels of the world of work.

  13. Supporting an inclusive and sustainable globalization: Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank

    18 March 2008

    Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, discussed multilateral cooperation and policy coherence citing joint efforts between the ILO and the World Bank to meet the challenges of globalization, during an address to the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization. "We have a vision of an inclusive and sustainable globalization," said Mr. Zoellick. "What this comes down to, at the end of the day, is people. It's trying to improve the lot of people across the globe. And that requires quality jobs, it requires better social conditions, and it requires opportunities for individual development in achieving aspirations."