ILO charges global leaders to promote social justice
07 June 2022 |
3:34 am
There is an urgent need for global leaders not to resort to war to deny social justice, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder, has said.
Guy Ryder. Photo: TWITTER/GUYRYDER
There is an urgent need for global leaders not to resort to war to deny social justice, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder, has said.
Speaking at the opening of the 110th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva, Switzerland, Ryder insisted that lasting peace depends on social justice, and the achievement of social justice depends upon peace, saying those who resort to war deny social justice and those who obstruct social justice endanger peace.
With countries experiencing an uneven and sometimes, ‘fragile recovery’ in their labour market markets from the COVID-19 pandemic, Ryder warned that there is ‘all too likely worse to come’ for the global economy because of the impact of the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
He explained that the situation is generating global crises in respect of food, energy and of finance and has put international cooperation under considerable and maybe unprecedented pressure.
Ryder added: “Just as the flouting of the UN Charter by military aggression is not to be tolerated and must not prevail, so the violation of international labour standards must not go unanswered.”
The Director-General urged delegates to show that multilateralism works. As at every ILC, delegates will examine specific country cases that are brought before the Committee on the Application of Standards.
Introducing his report to the ILC, entitled ‘The least developed countries: crisis, structural transformation and the future of work’, Ryder said that the Less Developed Countries (LDCs) are the most in danger of being left behind.
“So, if we are serious about the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, we must be serious about the LDCs because it is there, above all, that the fate of the Agenda will be played out,” he stated. The Director-General welcomed key discussions that will take place during the Conference. Among them will be the possible amendment of the ILO Declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work, 1998 to include safe and healthy working conditions.
Referring to the three million lives lost each year because of work-related accidents and diseases, he stressed the ‘stark and clear’ responsibility of the ILO to protect workers against sickness, disease and injury arising from employment.
An initial discussion on quality apprenticeships will also take place, with a view to the possible creation of a new international labour standard. In addition, committees will discuss decent work and the social and solidarity economy, and the strategic objective as part of the follow-up mechanism of the ILO Declaration on social justice for fair globalization.
The Conference will be held in a hybrid format, with delegates attending in person in Geneva, as well as virtually. Committees will begin their work on 30 May. Plenary sittings will be held between 6 and 11 June.
“Putting into practice the ‘new normality’ that we so much advocate, placing people at the centre of our concerns, requires the urgent implementation of inclusive policies and a system of international rules and agreements that promotes growth with an equitable distribution of its results,” emphasized Claudio Moroni.
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