"GUY RYDER"

President stresses central role of decent work in fighting poverty, inequality, as General Assembly marks International Labour Organization centenary at 74th plenary meeting.

President stresses central role of decent work in fighting poverty, inequality, as General Assembly marks International Labour Organization centenary at 74th plenary meeting.

Joint Press Briefing by the President of the General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés and the Director General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Guy Ryder, briefing on the High-Level Meeting to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the ILO.

High-level plenary meeting to commemorate the one-hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the International Labour Organization.

“Had the ILO not existed our world of work would look different and it would not be where it is and not as good as it is today”- Guy Ryder, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization said Wednesday, on the eve of the Organization’s 100th anniversary. UNIFEED

Taking part in an ILO’s celebration event of the International Women’s Day, Yalitza Aparicio, the actor who stars in the Oscar-winning film Roma said if you are women facing obstacles, you have to “keep insisting because at some point you will achieve it!” ILO

A Universal Labour Guarantee, social protection from birth to old age and an entitlement to lifelong learning are among ten recommendations made in a landmark report by the International Labour Organization’s Global Commission on the Future of Work. ILO

Global wage growth in 2017 fell to its lowest rate since 2008, far below levels before the global financial crisis, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report. ILO

High Level Event on Youth 2030 to launch the United Nations Strategy and the Generation Unlimited Partnership Remarks by the Secretary-General (organized by UNICEF)

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.