ILO Director-General

  1. Guy Ryder was elected the tenth ILO Director-General by the ILO's Governing Body in May 2012 and took office in October that same year. In 2016, he was re-elected for another five-year term which started on 1 October 2017.

Statements and speeches

  1. Virtual Launch of the 2020 Global Deal Flagship Report

    Social dialogue can help create effective skills development and lifelong learning policies

    20 October 2020

  2. Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

    Restore progress towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goals

    15 October 2020

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News and press releases

  1. © Cai Yang / Xinhua via AFP 2021

    Maritime Labour Convention

    ILO Governing Body calls for urgent action on seafarer COVID-19 crisis

    08 December 2020

  2. Virtual Global Summit

    Global leaders to address ILO Virtual Global Summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work

    07 July 2020

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In the media

  1. XinhuaNet

    Interview: ILO warns of "uncertain and uneven recovery" of global labor market

    26 January 2021

  2. © RayArt Graphics/Alamy 2021

    The Guardian

    Covid-19 has cost global workers $3.7tn in lost earnings, says ILO

    25 January 2021

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Videos, audio and photos

  1. Gender pay gap

    “Thank you” doesn’t pay the bills

    17 March 2021

  2. Green Economy and COVID19

    The green economy is crucial to the COVID-19 recovery process’

    15 July 2020

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