International Labour Conference documents

PR No. 12 - Eighth plenary sitting of the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference

Reports of the Chairperson of the Governing Body and of the Director-General: Discussion

Video Highlights of the Special Event by the Club de Madrid members: "Lessons from the recent crisis for building sustainable and shared...

Video Highlights of the High-level Panel of Regional Economic Commissions on 'The Role of Decent Work in a Fairer, Greener and more...

Heads of the UN Regional Economic Commissions provided a dynamic exploration of the importance of productive and decent work in the wake of the global economic and jobs crisis. A range of regional examples and policy recommendations arising from...

Voices from the 100th International Labour Conference II

A selection of short interviews were filmed at the 100th anniversary of the International Labour Conference, held at the United Nations in Geneva. These highlights include delegates' views on the issue of social justice, the International Labour...

H.E. Ms. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Addresses 100th International Labour Conference

In the first ever visit of a German Chancellor to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), H.E. Ms. Angela Merkel today addressed the Organization’s annual conference. Speaking to the historic 100th session of the International Labour...

H.E. Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia, Addresses 100th International Labour Conference

The President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has called for a global coalition to tackle youth employment in an address to a special session of the 100th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva. The President called on delegates to...

Press release

German Chancellor Merkel supports stronger role for ILO

In the first ever visit of a German Chancellor to the International Labour Organization (ILO), H.E. Ms. Angela Merkel addressed the Organization’s annual conference.

Press release

Indonesian President calls for Global Coalition for Youth Employment

The President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has called for a global coalition to tackle youth employment in an address to a special session of the 100th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva.

Transcript of the video message from Daw Aung San Suu Kyi delivered to the 100th International Labour Conference

The former General Secretary of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar appeals to the ILO to expand its activities in Myanmar.

PR No. 4H - Composition of committees

H.E. Ms. Louka Katseli, Minister of Labour and Social Security of Greece, addresses the High Level Panel on 'Employment and Social Justice...

Egyptian Finance Minister Samir Radwan at the International Labour Conference: Fiscal Discipline and Social Justice in a New Egypt

In his opening remarks to the High Level Panel on 'Employment and Social Justice in a Globalizing Economy', Egyptian Finance Minister Samir Radwan expressed his hopes for post-revolutionary Egypt. He called for responsive economic policies to...

UN Women's Executive Director, Michelle Bachelet, addresses the Committee on Domestic Workers

UN Women Executive Director, Michelle Bachelet, addressed the Committee on Domestic Workers during the 100th International Labour Conference, saying that the issue of decent work for domestic workers - most of whom are women - was of particular...

ILO and UN Women Sign Memorandum of Understanding

ILO Director-General Juan Somavia and UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Michelle Bachelet, addressed conference delegates after signing a memorandum of understanding at the 100th International Labour Conference. The...

Video message

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Appeals to the ILO to Expand its Activities in Myanmar

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the former General Secretary of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar, spoke via video message to the delegates of the 100th International Labour Conference of the ILO. She expressed her hope that the ILO would expand...

Feature story

Monitoring hazardous child labour in Tajikistan

Labour inspectors often find it difficult to reach out to informal economy workplaces where hazardous child labour occurs most frequently. According to this year’s ILO report for World Day Against Child Labour, child labour monitoring (CLM) systems...

PR No. 14 - Second item on the agenda: Programme and Budget proposals for 2012–13 and other questions

PR No. 10 - Fifth plenary sitting of the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference

PR No. 11 - Summary reports of panels discussions on youth (9 June 2011)

The two panels explored key employment, social and political challenges faced by youth in in the Arab states and globally.

PR No. 4G - Composition of committees