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Speeches

PSI General Secretary’s speech at PSI JC’s 30th anniversary

22 Jun 2018

PSI General Secretary, Rosa Pavanelli, gave a speech at PSI Japan Council's (PSI-JC) 30th anniversary which took place in Tokyo on 22 June 2018. This was part of a three-day visit, invited by PSI-JC, the National Coordinating Committee of PSI affiliates in Japan.

PSI General Secretary statement at the 2nd ComHEEG meeting

20 Sep 2016

This second meeting of the UN High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth (ComHEEG) aims at finalising and formally endorsing the recommendations and the report of the Commission, as well as discussing the way forward towards implementation of these recommendations.

ILO TTM on refugees

PSI Speech delivered at ILO Tripartite Technical Meeting on refugees

5 Jul 2016

PSI Migration Programme Coordinator, Genevieve Gencianos, delivered a speech on 5 July at the Opening Session of the ILO Tripartite Technical Meeting on the Access of Refugees and other Forcibly Displaced Persons to the Labour Market. The meeting is being held from 5-7 July in Geneva, Switzerland.

Comments on Expert Group background note for the first meeting of the UN High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth

24 Mar 2016

PSI gave evidence to the United Nations High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth in Lyon, France on 23 March 2016. PSI argued that public spending on public health was both a government obligation to ensure universal access to health care and an investment in economic growth.

Speech by PSI Deputy General Secretary at EI Congress

23 Jul 2015

Speech delivered by David Boys, PSI Deputy General Secretary, at Education International's 7th World Congress that took place from 21-26 July 2015 in Ottawa, Canada.

Speech: FFD3 Roundtable on tax justice

16 Jul 2015

PSI General Secretary Rosa Pavanelli’s statement on tax justice delivered during the first roundtable of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD3).

Rosa Pavanelli speaking at ILC 2015

Speech by Rosa Pavanelli at the ILC 2015

5 Jun 2015

PSI General Secretary, Rosa Pavanelli, spoke at the 104th International Labour Conference (ILC) on Friday 5 June 2015.

Rosa Pavanelli, ICRICT meeting. Photo: Joel Sheakoski

Speech by Rosa Pavanelli - ICRICT Meeting

18 Mar 2015

PSI welcomes the establishment in New York of a commission of international tax experts to examine reform to corporate taxation from the perspective of the public interest. Rosa Pavanelli, PSI General Secretary gives evidence to the commission

Rosa Pavanelli's presentation at the ILC

10 Jun 2014

Find here the statement read by PSI General Secretary, Rosa Pavanelli, at the International Labour Conference (ILC) on Thursday 5 June 2014.

Speech by Rosa Pavanelli at the 9th EPSU Congress

21 May 2014

Rosa Pavanelli, PSI General Secretary, introduced the discussion on Resolution n. 3 “Strengthening workers’ rights and employment in Europe through collective bargaining, social dialogue and industrial action” at the 9th EPSU Congress held in Toulouse, 20-23 May 2014.