Guy Bernard Ryder was born on 3 January 1956 and is a British international civil servant who currently serves as Under-Secretary-General for Policy at the United Nations.
11 Facts About Guy Ryder
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Guy Ryder was previously Director-General of the International Labour Organization from 2012 to 2022, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation from 2006 to 2010 and General Secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions from 2002 to 2006.
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Guy Ryder began his career in 1981 as an assistant in the International Department of the Trades Union Congress in London and in 1985 he became Secretary of the Industry Trade Section of the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees in Geneva.
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Guy Ryder joined the International Labour Organization in 1998 as Director of its Bureau for Workers' Activities and in 1999 became Director of the Office of the Director-General.
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In 2002 Guy Ryder was appointed General Secretary of the ICFTU, based in Brussels, where he led a process described as the global unification of the democratic international trade union movement.
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Guy Ryder became a leading figure in the Global Call to Action Against Poverty, for which he spoke at the 2005 World Summit.
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Guy Ryder was elected as first General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation when it was created in 2006 and headed its delegations to talks with the United Nations, International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World Trade Organization and to the G20 leaders' summits.
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In September 2010 Guy Ryder returned to the ILO in Geneva as an executive director, with responsibility for international labour standards and fundamental principles and rights at work.
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Guy Ryder was elected as Director-General of the ILO by its Governing Body in May 2012 and took office on 1 October 2012.
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On 3 March 2022 Guy Ryder echoed the strong condemnation by the United Nations General Assembly of the Russian war against Ukraine.
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Guy Ryder was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 Birthday Honours.