ILC 100: Plenary session (week 3)

High Level Segment: Panels and Special addresses by Heads of State and Government

Monday 13 June

Assembly Hall, Palais des Nations

Video: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize Winner (14:50 – 15:00)

Panel on Employment and Social Justice in a Globalizing Economy (15.00 – 16.45)

Moderator: Mr Andrew Walker, Senior Economic Correspondent, BBC

Special Address: Mr Samir Radwan, Minister of Finance, Arab Republic of Egypt

Participants:

  • Mr Samir Radwan, Minister of Finance, Arab Republic of Egypt
  • Ms Louka Katseli, Minister for Labour and Social Security, Greece
  • Ms Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, ITUC
  • Mr Peter Clever, Director General, Confederation of German Employers
  • Mr Min Zhu, Special Adviser to the Managing Director, IMF
  • Ms Jayati Ghosh, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Tuesday 14 June

Assembly Hall, Palais des Nations

10:00-10:40: H.E. Mr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President, Republic of Indonesia – Watch the video l Read the statement

12:00-12:40: H.E. Ms Angela Merkel Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany – Watch the video

High-level panel of Heads of Regional Economic Commissions on “The role of decent work in a fairer, greener and more sustainable globalization” (15.00 - 16.30, Assembly Hall, Palais des Nations)

Moderator: Mr Juan Somavia, Director-General

Participants:

  • Ms Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Secretary, ESCAP
  • Ms Rima Khalaf, Executive Secretary, ESCWA
  • Mr Jan Kubiš, Executive Secretary, UNECE
  • Sra. Jennifer Kargbo, Vice Secretario Ejecutivo, CEPA
  • Mr Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary, ECLAC

Special event by the Club de Madrid members: “Lessons from the recent crisis for building sustainable and shared societies: implications for the ILO” (18.30 –20:00, Room XII, Palais des Nations)

Moderator : Mr Clement McCartney, Independent Research Consultant

  • Mr Osvaldo Hurtado, former President, Republic of Ecuador
  • Mr John Kufuor, former President, Republic of Ghana
  • Mr Olusegun Obasanjo, former President, Federal Republic of Nigeria
  • Mr Abdul Karim Al Eryani, former Prime Minister, Republic of Yemen
  • Mr Wim Kok, former Prime Minister, Netherlands
  • Mr Stephen Pursey, Director, Policy Integration Department, ILO
  • Mr Raymond Torres, Director, International Institute for Labour Studies, ILO

Wednesday 15 June

Assembly Hall, Palais des Nations

H.E. Mr Vladimir Putin Prime Minister, Russian Federation (10:30-11:10)

H.E. Ms Micheline Calmy-Rey, President of the Swiss Confederation (15:00-15:40)

H.E. Mr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President, United Republic of Tanzania (16:00-16:40)

High-level panel organized with Club de Madrid on “The need for a new era of social justice” (11:30 – 13:00, Assembly Hall, Palais des Nations)

Moderator: Ms Ritula Shah, Journalist and News Presenter, BBC radio

Participants:

  • Mr Osvaldo Hurtado, former President, Republic of Ecuador
  • Mr John Kufuor, former President, Republic of Ghana
  • Mr Olusegun Obasanjo, former President, Federal Republic of Nigeria
  • Mr Abdul Karim Al Eryani, former Prime Minister, Republic of Yemen
  • Mr Wim Kok, former Prime Minister, Netherlands

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