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STORY: ILO / INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE
TRT: 1:54
SOURCE: ILO TV
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
DATELINE: 05 JUNE 2017, PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1 Pan right, Assembly Hall Palais des Nations
2. Various shots, Panama’s Minister of Labour declared president of the session
3. Wide shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Guy Rider, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO):
“Climate change is real and is the result of human activity and that the overwhelming proportion of that activity is work or is work-related.”
5. Wide shot, conference room
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Guy Rider, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO):
“The idea, long prevalent, deeply rooted, that a choice had to be made between job creation, growth and development on the one hand and protection of the planet on the other - ladies and gentlemen, that is now seen as a false choice.”
7. Med shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Guy Rider, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO):
“Yes, there will be major disruption. Yes, jobs will be lost as well as gained, and the new ones will not always be available to the same people, in the same place, at the same time as the jobs lost, and nor will they necessarily require the same skills. And all of this is to say that the decent jobs of the future will not be green by definition, they will be green by our design. We need the right policies to make transition happen and to make it just. And like any other process of change at work that will require the combined efforts of governments, of employers and of workers through social dialogue.”
9. Wide shot, conference room
Guy Ryder, Director-General of the ILO, told delegates at the 106th International Labour Conference that job creation and the protection of the planet can and must work together for a sustainable future.
The two-week long conference opened today (5 Jun) with the election of Luis Ernesto Carles Rudy, Minister of Labour of Panama, as President of the conference.
In his opening remarks, the head of the ILO said, “Climate change is real and is the result of human activity and that the overwhelming proportion of that activity is work or is work-related.”
Ryder added, “The idea, long prevalent, deeply rooted, that a choice had to be made between job creation, growth and development on the one hand and protection of the planet on the other - ladies and gentlemen, that is now seen as a false choice.”
He noted that the Paris Agreement and the national commitments made under its terms, together with the 2030 Agenda, provide a unique opportunity to translate the tripartite consensus we have constructed into large scale practical ILO work with member States.
He pointed out, “Yes, there will be major disruption. Yes, jobs will be lost as well as gained, and the new ones will not always be available to the same people, in the same place, at the same time as the jobs lost, and nor will they necessarily require the same skills. And all of this is to say that the decent jobs of the future will not be green by definition, they will be green by our design. We need the right policies to make transition happen and to make it just. And like any other process of change at work that will require the combined efforts of governments, of employers and of workers through social dialogue.”
The conference gathers over 4000 representatives of government, employers and workers from the UN agency’s 187 member states to set labour standards and foster progress in the world of work.
