G20 summit in Los Cabos: ILO Director-General Remarks

On a global scale we need at least 50 million new jobs each year to keep up with the growth of the working age population and steadily reduce unemployment just to pre-crisis levels. (21 June 2012)

Message by Juan Somavia Director-General of the ILO on the occasion of World Day against Child Labour
Ending child labour is a matter of human of rights and social justice. Step up the fight; do not relent: this is our call as we mark the tenth anniversary of the World Day against Child Labour. The worldwide mobilization against child labour is paying off with important progress achieved over the past decade. Today there are 30 million fewer child labourers worldwide than a decade ago. The sharpest decrease has been among younger children, in particular girls. (12 June, 2012)

The “abused maid”: A good tale for a film, but not for real life
Millions of domestic workers get paid below the minimum wage, and rarely benefit from health insurance, paid leave, or even time off. Has anything changed since the adoption last year of the ILO’s Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers? (8 June 2012)

director-General’s Address to the Plenary of the 101st International Labour Conference
Now, we are at the halfway point of our Conference. I have participated in the Committees on youth employment, social protection floor and rights at work. They are true engine rooms of productive delegates hard at work finalizing the policy products that they will bring for your adoption in the Plenary. Those products are extremely critical to the challenges we all face in our different situations back home, and in the way the global economy must evolve: Once again, the ILO proposing ways forward on issues at the heart of societies’ concerns. (6 June 2012)

101st International Labour Conference: Director-General’s Address to the Plenary
DG welcome and initial remarks to the Conference, ILO Governing Body, Ambassadors and Delegates. (31 May 2012)