Statements and speeches

2019

  1. Interview

    A modus operandi for bringing accountability in workplace safety

    30 December 2019

  2. Interview

    Labour shortage, automation and workers’ organizations – Challenges or opportunities?

    27 December 2019

    Dr Chang-Hee Lee, ILO Viet Nam Director, explains how these new factors have an impact on workplace management.

  3. Statement

    Lets renew commitments to improve OSH for all workers in India

    23 December 2019

    Mr Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director, ILO DWT South Asia and India, appealed at the Workshop on National Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Profile organized by DGFASLI and MoLE.

  4. Statement

    Skilling is the answer to challenges of future

    10 December 2019

    Special address by Ms. Walter Dagmar, Director, DWT South Asia and India at CII’s National Conference on Skill Development and Livelihood – Skills4Jobs: Driving Convergence.

  5. Statement

    Social Dialogue offers voice to everyone

    09 December 2019

    Inaugural address by Mr Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director, DWT South Asia and India at National Tripartite Social Dialogue Workshop in Mumbai organized jointly by the ILO and V V Giri National Labour Institute.

  6. Workers and Sustainable Development

    Message at the Trade Unions and Sustainable Development Goals: A South-South Learning Exchange and Training Workshop

    02 December 2019

    Delivered on behalf of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in the Philippines by Khalid Hassan, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines, 2 December 2019, Makati City, Philippines

  7. Statement

    Speech for the Workshop on Validation of Final Draft National Occupational Safety and Health Programme 2020 – 2024

    26 November 2019

    By Michiko Miyamoto, Director of ILO for Indonesia and Timor-Leste

  8. Statement

    No social justice without achieving Target 8.7

    20 November 2019

    Ms. Walter Dagmar, Director, DWT South Asia and India, addresses the gathering on behalf of ILO’s Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Ms. Tomoko Nishimoto at the inaugural session of the Asia Regional Conference on Alliance 8.7

  9. Statement

    Labour Statistics are foundation of policy-making for Decent Work

    14 November 2019

    Inaugural address by Mr Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director, ILO South Asia and New Delhi, at Technical Consultation Periodic Labour Force Survey and 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS)

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    International Labour Standards

    Convention No 1: A landmark for Workers’ Rights

    13 November 2019

    100 years ago the first International Labour Conference adopted the first International Labour Standard – on working time. As the ILO celebrates this landmark moment, ILO Working Time specialist, Jon Messenger, looks back at the history of the Convention and its impact.