November 2008

1. Financial crisis

   ILO Director-General looks to G20’s next step on social impact of crisis

   16 November 2008

   The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Juan Somavia, today issued the following statement regarding the extraordinary meeting of leaders from the G20

2. 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

3. 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

4. Statement

   Olubanke King- Akerele, Foreign Minister of Liberia. Speech to the High-Level Forum on "Working Out of Poverty: Decent Work Approach to Development and Growth in Africa" in Monrovia on 8-9 September 2008

   14 November 2008

5. Statement

   Jordan Ryan, UN Resident Coordinator in Liberia. Speech to the High-Level Forum on "Working Out of Poverty: Decent Work Approach to Development and Growth in Africa" in Monrovia on 8-9 September 2008

   14 November 2008

6. Statement

   Samuel Kofi Woods, II, Minister of Labour. 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

   H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia. Speech to the 'High-Level Forum on "Working out of Poverty: Decent Work Approach to Development and growth in Africa" in Monrovia on 8-9 September 2008

   14 November 2008

8. Statement

   Mary Robinson, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative. Speech to the High-Level Forum on the Millennium Development Goals at the UN General Assembly in New York on 22 September 2008

   14 November 2008

9. Statement

   Ela Bhatt, Elder and Founder of SEWA. Speech to the High-Level Forum on the Millennium Development Goals at the UN General Assembly in New York on 25 September 2008.

   14 November 2008

10. Technical cooperation

    ILO and Italy sign new cooperation agreement

    13 November 2008

    The Italian government and the International Labour Organization signed a new Programme Cooperation Agreement for the period 2008-2010 aimed at promoting key areas of the Decent Work Agenda, including employment creation—especially for youth—labour rights, social dialogue and social protection and the empowerment of women.