Events coverage

June 2010

  1. Professor John Ruggie Presents Business and Human Rights Framework

    03 June 2010

    Professor John Ruggie, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General gives a presentation on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises. His “protect, respect and remedy” framework lays the foundations of a system for better managing business and human rights challenges based on distinct yet complementary responsibilities for States and corporations and effective remedy in case of abuse. At the invitation of the Multinational Enterprises Subcommittee of the Governing Body, Professor Ruggie shares insights on further steps towards putting into operation and promoting the framework, and implications for the ILO.

  2. Jan Beagle, Deputy Executive Director at UNAIDS Addresses Committee on HIV/AIDS

    03 June 2010

  3. Committee on Domestic Workers - Opening Remarks

    02 June 2010

  4. ILO Director-General Juan Somavia Addresses the Committee for the Recurrent Discussion on Employment

    02 June 2010

  5. Committee on HIV/AIDS - Opening Remarks

    02 June 2010

  6. Doris Leuthard, President of the Swiss Confederation addresses the 99th ILC

    02 June 2010

    “The crisis will not be over as long as unemployment and underemployment prevail,” said the President of the Swiss Confederation, H.E. Ms. Doris Leuthard, at the opening ceremony of the 99th annual conference of the International Labour Organization. (in French)

  7. Juan Somavia Presents His Report to the ILO's 99th International Labour Conference

    02 June 2010

    The ILO Director-General Juan Somavia has called for a “balanced” policy strategy aimed at securing a “jobs-rich” economic recovery in the face of new threats to the global economy from the sovereign debt crisis and fiscal retrenchment.

May 2010

  1. Signing Ceremony with the Alliance of Civilizations and the ILO

    25 May 2010

    ILO Director-General Juan Somavia and Alliance of Civilizations High representative, and former President of Portugal, Jorge Sampaio signed a joint declaration of cooperation. The agreement is designed to promote inter-cultural dialogue in areas of common interest such as improving the situation of young people, addressing the particular situation of migrants, eliminating inequalities and combating all forms of discrimination.

March 2010

  1. UNDP's Helen Clark says Global Jobs Pact paves the way out of recession

    22 March 2010

    UNDP Administrator Helen Clark cited the ILO's Global Jobs Pact as the fair and just way for nations to emerge from the recession. Addressing the ILO's Governing Body, she said that if the market were left to its own devices, there could be a significant time lag between the return of economic growth and a lift in employment. The Global Jobs Pact is important because it puts jobs at the center of responses to the crisis.

  2. "What's Working for Working Women" Panel Discussion Highlights

    11 March 2010

    Each year, ILO celebrates International Women's Day on March 8 with an event honouring working women of courage and conviction. In 2010, the ILO held a panel discussion about "What's working for working women", with participants from Angola, Botswana, Brazil, Ghana, and the Philippines.