Statements and speeches

December 2008

  1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights - 60th Anniversary

    Statement by Juan Somavia on the occasion of International Human Rights Day - 10 December

    09 December 2008

  2. International Day of Persons with Disabilities

    Statement of American actress Marlee Matlin on the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities: “Dignity and Justice for All of Us”

    01 December 2008

  3. International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 3 December 2008

    Message by Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Office, on the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities

    01 December 2008

November 2008

  1. ILO statement

    Doha Review Conference on Financing for Development: Decent Work Pathways to Sustainable Development

    28 November 2008

  2. World AIDS Day, 1 December 2008

    Message by Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Office, on the occasion of World AIDS Day

    28 November 2008

  3. Statement

    Forced Labour and Human Trafficking: the Labour Market Dimensions by Roger Plant, Athens, November 2008

    27 November 2008

  4. Statement

    Statement of the French president Nicolas Sarkozy to the ILO (in french)

    21 November 2008

  5. Statement

    Remarks by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría (OECD website)

    17 November 2008

  6. Statement

    Mary Robinson, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative. Speech to the High-Level Forum on "Working Out of Poverty: Decent Work Approach to Development and Growth in Africa"

    14 November 2008

  7. Statement

    Heather Grady, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative. Speech to the High-Level Forum on "Working Out of Poverty: Decent Work Approach to Development and Growth in Africa"

    14 November 2008