Statements and speeches
June 2021
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G20 Joint Education and Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting
Invest in youth says ILO Director-General to the G20
22 June 2021
Better skilling and decent work are needed to make sure that long COVID does not mean long-term marginalization of young people from the world of work, emphasized ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, in a speech to the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers meeting in Catania, Italy.
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19th International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) World Congress 2021
Reinvigorate labour market institutions to address present crisis and future challenges
21 June 2021
In a speech to the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) World Congress, the ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, outlined the steps needed to build a sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in the world of work.
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Week of Action against Child Labour
ILO and the Committee on the Rights of the Child call for urgent action to protect children’s rights and accelerate progress towards eliminating child labour by 2025
18 June 2021
Joint statement of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the International Labour Organization to mark the Week of Action against Child Labour – 10-18 June 2021
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109th International Labour Conference
Opening remarks by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, at the 109th Session of the International Labour Conference
07 June 2021
May 2021
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COVID-19 and the World of Work
UNESCO statement for the May - June edition of the MPTF Informal Economies Recovery Project Monthly Newsletter
31 May 2021
Director of the Office and UNESCO Representative to the Pacific States
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Interagency statement on SDG3 GAP progress report
Progress and challenges on health and decent work
20 May 2021
Investments are needed in health, care and decent work says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, in a joint statement to mark the publication of a progress report by the SDG3 GAP UN interagency group on health and the Sustainable Development Goals.
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G20 Tourism Ministers’ Meeting
Protect workers and businesses in the tourism industry
04 May 2021
ILO Deputy Director-General, Martha Newton, called on G20 countries to take action to support the travel and tourism industry, which has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. She was speaking at a virtual G20 Tourism Ministers’ meeting on 4 May, that discussed how governments can support the sector.
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International Labour Day
Call to redouble efforts to ensure decent work for migrant workers
01 May 2021
We are at a turning point. As the world looks to build back better from the global COVID-19 crisis we must redouble our efforts to ensure decent work for migrant workers in a more sustainable, equal, and resilient post-pandemic world.
April 2021
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Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF Development Committee
COVID-19 recovery must be human-centred
09 April 2021
To be effective, we need a global response that is addresses poverty and inequalities, promotes social dialogue, strengthens the institutions of work and supports social justice, the ILO’s Director-General said.
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Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
We need a just transition and a green recovery from COVID-19
08 April 2021
To be effective, pandemic recovery strategies must be as human-centred in their impact as the effects of the crisis itself have been, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder told the IMF Committee.