Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, in a speech to the UNCTAD Trade and Development Board on 21 September 2015, said that the WTO and UNCTAD are united in placing development “at the heart of all of our work”. “We are committed to enhancing the partnership between our organizations,” he continued, (...)
As the international community gets ready to formally endorse the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the ILO’s Isabel Ortiz explains why social protection is a key component of the new global development agenda.
This video captures an array of views on fair recruitment from government officials, representative employers’ and workers’ organizations and other key partners involved in ILO's Fair Recruitment Initiative. The ILO launched this global multistakeholder initiative to help prevent human (...)
The Principality of Liechtenstein has become the 17th WTO member to formally accept the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). Ambassador Peter Matt submitted Liechtenstein’s instrument of acceptance of the TFA to WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo on 18 (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo convened a meeting of all WTO members in Geneva today to report on the current state of play in negotiations on the remaining issues of the Doha Development Agenda. Members are working towards delivering negotiated outcomes at the WTO’s 10th Ministerial Conference (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo urged the organization’s members to consider joining the WTO’s Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), citing the “huge economic opportunities” offered by GPA accession and its positive impact on both trade and (...)
مشارکت رو به رشد زنان در بازار کار موتور عمده رقابت و رشد جهانی بوده است. تحقیق نشان میدهد که بهرهوری میتواند به اندازه 25 درصد در برخی از کشورها افزایش یابد اگر موانع تبعیضی بر علیه زنان برداشته شود. با این وجود علی رغم شواهد متقاعدکنندهی که زنان در محل کار دارای یک اثر انتقالی بر توسعه اقتصادی هستند، پتانسیل تولیدی و اقتصادی (...)
The Sustainable Development Goals set targets for the next fifteen years. As the process of achieving the 17 Goals gains momentum, putting decent work and strengthening social protection are crucial to achieving global prosperity. Decent work transforms societies for the better, driving (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, at a joint meeting of the Africa, Least-developed (LDC) and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP) groups, on 14 September, said that the priority at the Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, in December, must be delivering on development. He assured them (...)