Events coverage

March 2008 

• Juan Somavia welcomes World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick to the International Labour Organization -
  18 March 2008 - In his introduction of Mr. Zoellick to the Governing Body, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia cited increased cooperation between the ILO and World Bank, and noted that the ILO tripartite members could provide a "vital conduit" for extending efforts to create jobs and reduce poverty at all levels of the world of work.
  • Supporting an inclusive and sustainable globalization: Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank -
• Press conference highlights: Global Employment Trends for Women 2008 -
  07 March 2008 - "We've seen that over a ten year period 200 million new jobs have been created," says Dorothea Schmidt. "That's a big, big increase and that's very good news, but the problem is the type of job that was created. And we see that over half of the jobs that women have are what we call vulnerable. ...

February 2008 

• A global alliance against forced labour gains momentum -
  27 February 2008 - Roger Plant, Head of the ILO's Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour; Brent Wilton, Deputy Secretary-General of the International Organization of Employers; and Neil Kearney, General Secretary of the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation speak at a press conference during the Vienna Forum Against Human Trafficking, showing strong support for a global alliance to ...

December 2007 

• International Day of Disabled Persons: Message from Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Organization -
  02 December 2007 -
  • International Day of Disabled Persons – 3 December 2007
• A video message from actress Marlee Matlin -
  02 December 2007 -
  • Actress Marlee Matlin, "Leading Lady" for People With Disabilities -
  • International Day of Disabled Persons – 3 December 2007

November 2007 

• Speaking at Multiforum 07: Juan Somavia, Director-General, International Labour Office -
  19 November 2007 -
• Speaking at Multiforum 07: Ebrahim Patel, Executive Member, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) -
  19 November 2007 -
• Speaking at Multiforum 07: Robert M. Godsell, Former CEO, AngloGold Ashanti -
  19 November 2007 -
• Facing the "stark reality" of climate change's effect on economic growth -
  13 November 2007 - ILO Director-General Juan Somavia and UNEP Director Achim Steiner lead a discussion about the effects of climate change on the nexus between economic growth and environmental sustainability and how our only choice will be to see how they can reinforce each other in the years to come.
• Supporting the decent work agenda -
  01 November 2007 - In his opening remarks at the ILO Forum on Decent Work For a Fair Globalization, the Prime Minister of Portugal, Mr. José Socrates, called on global support for the decent work agenda, a strategy which he said promotes sustainable and inclusive growth.