IOE @ 79th UN General Assembly

IOE is gearing up to take part in a wide range of activities with a focus on the Summit of the Future including the Action Days.

The International Organisation of Employers (IOE) is pleased to share the details of its engagements at the 79^th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York from 18 – 27 September.

More information about the high-level side event led by the United Nations is available, Summit of the Future and the three draft outcome documents: Pact for the Future, Declaration for Future Generations and the Global Digital Compact. 

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ON THE AGENDA

18 September: International Equal Pay Day (Keynote Speaker: IOE Partner Organisation Representative Emile Dickens, Society for Human Resource Management)

20 September: IOE/Global Compact /AU event -Generative AI for the Global Goals Side Event  (IOE Permanent Representative Shea Gopaul will present.)

22-23 September: Summit of the Future (IOE Secretary-General Roberto Suarez-Santos will be present.)

23 September: Private Sector Forum (IOE Secretary-General delivering a statement on behalf of the organisation’s global network.)

24 September: IOE leadership will join panels or provide keynote remarks in the following events:

• Salesforce Event: Turbocharging UN 2.0: Business as a Catalyst for Global Progress

• UNGC Leaders’ Summit: Two Interventions on Advancing the Living Wage Economy and Future-proofing Business by Improving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in the Workplace

• Panel Discussion: World Social Protection Report 2024-26 - Universal Social Protection for Climate Action and a Just Transition

25 September: IOE Permanent Representative Shea Gopaul will be present at the following events:

• Salesforce Second Event: SustainChain Presents: The Final Countdown, A Summit of the Future Event

• Microsoft Event: Time to Act: Preparing Youth for Work in an AI-Powered World

• Global Summit on Climate Mobility

26 September: Roundtable Dialogue among Business and Government @ Climate Mobility Summit: Supporting enterprises, skills development and labour mobility for a just transition and climate-resilient development in the Greater Caribbean (IOE Permanent Representative Shea Gopaul will be present together with Ronnie Goldberg, USCIB)

27 September: New York Climate Week Event: Climate Education for Sustainable Cities: Solutions that Inspire (IOE Permanent Representative Shea Gopaul will be present.)