International Labour Conference documents

Press release

Conference to address need for a new era of social justice in the wake of recent economic and jobs crises

The International Labour Organization opens its historic 100th International Labour Conference in Geneva on 1 June with a call for a new era of social justice amid high global unemployment and underemployment, and public concern over the employment...

Statement by Mr. Juan Somavia, Director General of the ILO, at the opening of the 100th International Labour Conference

Presentation of the Report of the Director General.

Statement by Ms. Tarja Halonen, President of the Republic of Finland, at the opening of the 100th International Labour Conference

In an address at the opening of the 100th annual Conference of the International Labour Organization, Finnish President Tarja Halonen cited the "absence of social justice" in the world, and said the ILO’s values and policies are needed more than...

Feature story

Labour administration and inspection key to good global governance

The importance of strong and effective labour administration and labour inspection systems in the context of economic and social development is recognised in the Constitution of the ILO, the Declaration of Philadelphia and the ILO Declaration on...

Video interview

Labour Inspection: An Interview with the ILO's Giuseppe Casale

ILO TV interviews Giuseppe Casale, Director of the ILO's Department of Labour Administration, about the general discussion on labour administration and inspection that will take place at the International Labour Conference from June 1 to 13, 2011.

Video interview

A Window of Opportunity for Social Protection

ILO TV interviews Michael Cichon, Director of the ILO's Social Security Department, about the committee discussion to take place at the 100th International Labour Conference on the ILO's strategic objective of social protection. The committee...

100th Session of the International Labour Conference

Recognition for India’s invisible workers

Domestic workers play an important role in the economy and they allow others to go out and earn money. Yet they remain invisible, unprotected and their contribution is often not recognized. At the forthcoming International Labour Conference (in...

PR No. 1 - Report of the Chairperson of the Governing Body to the Conference for the year 2010-11

PR No. 2 - Draft resolution concerning the coherence of the multilateral system

100th session of the ILC: Second preliminary list of delegations

Press release

100th ILO International Labour Conference – 1-17 June 2011 Information for Media

World Day against Child Labour, 12 June 2011

From child labourer to child advocate: How Rodel succeeded in leaving the mineshaft

More than half (53 per cent) of the 215 million child labourers worldwide do hazardous work. While their number is increasing among older children, aged 15-17, progress is being made for younger children, aged 5-14, says the latest ILO report on...

ILC 100: Tentative plan of work

Press release

100th ILO International Labour Conference: Media accreditation information

Luxembourg: Workers’ Academic Symposium Dedicated to 100th ILC Session

Report I(A): Report of the Director-General - A new era of social justice

100th session of the ILC: First preliminary list of delegations

Combating pay discrimination: The example of Jordan

According to the ILO’s global report on discrimination “Equality at work: The continuing challenge”, significant progress has been made in recent decades in advancing gender equality in the world of work. However, the gender pay gap still exists,...

Report of the Director-General - Appendix - The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories