ILO / COALITION SOCIAL JUSTICE

Addressing the Annual Forum of the Global Coalition for Social Justice in Geneva, he President of the Dominican Republic Luis Abinader said social justice “must be a concrete, measurable, and transformative policy — one that is reflected in wages that allow people to live with dignity, which translates into working conditions that respect health, safety, and work–life balance.” ILO

• Video Length: 00:03:01
• Production Date: 12 June 2025
• Asset Language: English; Spanish
• Personal Subject: LUIS R. ABINADER CORONA; GILBERT HOUNGBO
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION - ILO
• Subject Topical: LABOUR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; MULTILATERALISM; DECENT WORK
• Geographic Subject: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
• MAMS Id: 3409687
• Parent Id: 3409687
• Alternate Title: unifeed250612g

Description

STORY: ILO / COALITION SOCIAL JUSTICE
TRT: 03:01
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SPANISH / NATS

DATELINE: 12 JUNE 2025, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

Shotlist

1. Various shots, the President of the Dominican Republic arrives at the Palais des Nations and is greeted by ILO Director General Gilbert F. Houngbo
2. Pan right, Houngbo addressing Annual Forum of the Global Coalition for Social Justice
3. Med shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Gilbert F. Houngo, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO):
“In barely more than a year, we have now about 350 partners from every region and that have accepted for us to join forces, reflecting a shared urgency to advance social justice in a rapidly changing world. In a world that is more uncertain.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Gilbert F. Houngo, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO):
“We simply cannot allow social justice to become a mere slogan. Likewise, we must never allow ourselves to fall into the trap of believing that we at the ILO can or even should try to achieve social justice alone. Social justice includes and extends beyond the world of work, and it takes all of us. It
should bring out the best that our multilateral institutions and actors have to share.”
7. Various shots, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Luis Abinader, President, Dominican Republic:
“Today more than ever, we must recognize that work is not simply a means of subsistence. Work is identity, it is dignity, it is the bridge between individual effort and collective development. That is why defending the right to work is a defence of the very soul of our democracy. Our commitment as a government is clear: social justice cannot be an abstract promise. It must be a concrete, measurable, and transformative policy — one that is reflected in wages that allow people to live with dignity, which translates into working conditions that respect health, safety, and work–life balance.”
9. Various shots, delegates applauding

Storyline

Addressing the Annual Forum of the Global Coalition for Social Justice in Geneva, he President of the Dominican Republic Luis Abinader today (12 Jun) said social justice “must be a concrete, measurable, and transformative policy — one that is reflected in wages that allow people to live with dignity, which translates into working conditions that respect health, safety, and work–life balance.”

Opening the Forum, ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo said the growth of the coalition’s membership to 350 partners in a little over a year reflected “a shared urgency to advance social justice in a rapidly changing world. In a world that is more uncertain.”

During his address, Abinader said, “today more than ever, we must recognize that work is not simply a means of subsistence. Work is identity, it is dignity, it is the bridge between individual effort and collective development. That is why defending the right to work is a defence of the very soul of our democracy.”
The Annual Forum of the Global Coalition for Social Justice brings together high-level representatives from governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations, international institutions, and civil society. Participants at the one-day forum will discuss what the coalition has achieved in the past year to tackle inequalities worldwide.