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October 2012

  1. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

    Guy Ryder: New direction needed if poverty is to be beaten

    17 October 2012

    Decent Work and full employment must be key goals in the fight against poverty, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.

  2. Ending the Violence of Extreme Poverty

    Message from ILO Director-General on International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

    17 October 2012

  3. World Food Day

    ILO says cooperatives key to boosting food production

    16 October 2012

    Agricultural cooperatives – the theme of the 2012 World Food Day – are a vehicle for decent lives and decent work, according to ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.

  4. Agricultural cooperatives

    Message from ILO Director-General on World Food Day

    16 October 2012

  5. IMF/World Bank annual meeting

    Urgent coordinated measures to promote employment and decent jobs

    13 October 2012

    Statement by Mr Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General at the International Monetary and Financial Committee and Development Committee (Tokyo, 13 October 2012)

  6. 2012 Nobel Peace Prize

    ILO Director-General congratulates EU on Nobel Peace Prize

    12 October 2012

  7. Global jobs situation

    ILO calls on G20 to live up to its promise to tackle the crisis

    11 October 2012

    The ILO Director-General says G20 countries should stand by their commitment to take new, urgent measures in the face of deteriorating global economic conditions.

  8. Publication

    Pioneering Partnership Responds to HIV/AIDS in the World of Work

    11 October 2012

    This article deals with the joint action of the ILO, Sierra Rutile and NAS to evaluate Sierra Rutile’s HIV/AIDS programme.

  9. Interview with ILO News

    "Things are getting worse" when it comes to job recovery, says ILO

    11 October 2012

    "Self-evidently, things are getting worse," in terms of employment recovery according to ILO Director General Guy Ryder. The ILO head called on G20 nations to make good on their pledge at the G20 in Los Cabos to support accelerated demand for job creation should the global economic situation worsen.

  10. International Day of the Girl Child

    Message by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, on the occasion of International Day of the Girl Child 2012

    11 October 2012