Representing all regions, the leaders will address the summit via video messages
Representing all regions, the leaders will address the summit via video messages. UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres will also deliver an address, as will the heads of a number of UN and international agencies.
Programme of Global Leaders Day (https://bit.ly/3eb9Itx), July 8 from 8.00-17:30 GMT.
Follow Global Leaders Day live (https://bit.ly/2Dou59Z).
It will be the largest ever online gathering of workers, employers and governments. Participants will discuss how to address the economic and social impact of the pandemic, which has laid bare the extreme vulnerability of millions of workers and enterprises.
The Global Summit will examine a range of issues, including:
- How to promote full and productive employment in this new environment.
- What needs to be done to address the massive vulnerabilities in the world of work made evident by the pandemic.
- Which workers require particular support and attention.
- How to position the reduction and elimination of poverty as central objectives of the recovery process.
- How the international community can come together with real common purpose and rededicate itself to the delivery of the UN’s 2030 Agenda (https://bit.ly/3iSJyiS).
The first stage of the global summit took place 1-2 July, with a series of virtual regional events covering Africa (https://bit.ly/2ZOFqaN), the Americas (https://bit.ly/3iSK3tg), the Arab States (https://bit.ly/2ZU6CVw
Highlights from the regional events (https://bit.ly/3gwTVqy
Addresses from Heads of State and government and prominent global employer and trade union leaders will be delivered on 8 July – Global Leaders Day (https://bit.ly/2Dou59Z).
On 9 July – ILO Constituents’ Day (https://bit.ly/2ZbdLSs) – ministers, workers’ and employers’ leaders from ILO member States will reflect on the previous days’ events and discuss the implementation of the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work (https://bit.ly/2ZLcD70) in the context of the pandemic.
Journalists will be able to follow the discussions via the ILO Global Summit web page (https://bit.ly/3iJklas).
- Link: International Labour Organization
- Link: Programme of Global Leaders Day
- Link: Follow Global Leaders Day live
- Link: UN’s 2030 Agenda
- Link: Global Summit - Africa
- Link: Global Summit - America
- Link: Global Summit - Arab States
- Link: Global Summit - Asia-Pacific
- Link: Global Summit - Europe and Central Asia
- Link: COVID-19 pandemic