Migrants are an asset to every country where they bring their labour. Let us give them the dignity they deserve as human beings and the respect they …

- Juan Somavia

The emerging picture is one where slavery, oppression and exploitation of society's most vulnerable members have by no means been consigned to the pa…

- Juan Somavia

...180 million kids are engaged in the worst forms of child labour. Put it all together and it is not only morally unacceptable, but politically dang…

- Juan Somavia

Decent work is at the heart of the search for dignity for the individual, stability for the family and peace in the community

- Juan Somavia

Labour markets are about people. And people have a right to be treated with dignity and respect.

- Juan Somavia

Nearly one billion women and men, a third of the world's workforce, are either unemployed or unable to earn enough to keep themselves out of extreme …

- Juan Somavia

I think the team that successfully puts together an economic and social policy framework for global full employment in decent working conditions base…

- Juan Somavia

We need new proactive policies that focus directly on how authorities in the public and private sphere can blend economic and social policies with an…

- Juan Somavia

What we need is political leadership which can give guidance to the development of global governance. We need business leadership which goes beyond s…

- Juan Somavia