governments protect their workers and rebuild their economies the director general of the international labor organization guy ryder talks to al jazeera. mr guy writer director general of the international labor organization thank you so much for your time it has been said that we are all in this together but we are not this pandemic does not affect everyone the same as a condom is started to to shut down country after country after country what was your immediate thought about what this would mean for for workers for laborers well i think the absolutely right in what you say we are all in this together but some

earlier we spoke to the director general of the international labor organization guy ryder and he explained why job losses at a young age can be particularly difficult. all the evidence shows that if a young person is out of the labor market for a significant period of time a year or more than that the effects live with them throughout their working lives it's not just a temporary shock it's a permanent scarring and this will live on not just for a year or 2 it lives on for decades so my view is as we will have to deal with so many competing demands on our attention on our resources as we pull out of this pandemic situation we really have to put young people at the front of the queue for our attention not leave them at the back and that danger does exist the director general of the international labor organization guy ryder speaking this hong kong is no longer autonomous from china that was the assessment of the u.s. secretary of state my home pay 0 in a report to u.s. congress on wednesday mr pump arrows move is the 1st sign of jeopardy for the region's special's trade status with the unit

the director general of the international labor organization guy ryder speaking this hong kong is no longer autonomous from china that was the assessment of the u.s. secretary of state mind pompei o in a report to the u.s. congress on wednesday from a superhero's move is the 1st sign of jeopardy for the region's special's trade status with the united states which has been shielded from a recent trade war between the united states and china it comes after china announced moves to bypass hong kong's legislature and intervene directly in security measures which has sparked protests in the area. european commission president or the left on the line has unveiled 8750000000000 euro plan to help member states bounce back from the recession triggered by the coronavirus and them much of it will be funded by common e.u. debt a new approach for both by germany and france. the european union's massive recovery funding plan is aimed at helping member states hardest hit by the pandemic it's early and spain will get the lion's share. the commission president in brussels keen to play out europe's un

governments protect their workers and rebuild their economies the director general of the international labor organization guy ryder talks to al jazeera. mr guy writer director general of the international labor organization thank you so much for your time it has been said that we are all and this together but we are not this pandemic does not affect everyone the same as a condom is started to to shut down country after country after country what was your immediate thought about what this would mean for for workers for labor. well i think absolutely right in what you say we are all in this together but some of it some of us are in it up to our necks and others a bit less so my me just worry of course was how on earth as we take the necessary measures and i underline the word necessary measures to counter the virus and close down large parts of the world of work how are people going to get through this people who you know don't have big reserves don't have a lot of money behind them who rely on their work every day to make a living how are they going to get through this and you know i think as the crisis has deepene

and for more on the story we can speak to guy ryder he's the director general of the international labor organization the iowa low he joins us from geneva guy good to have you with us here on day w. i want to ask you about what your study shows this a dramatic impact of youth unemployment around the world during this pandemic why is it so often young people who are 1st to lose their jobs. yeah the context is that this pandemic has cost in the 2nd quarter of the year 305000000 full time jobs to be destroyed around the world that's the overall figure but within that as you've quite rightly pointed out young people are the 1st and the hardest hit why well even before the pandemic they were in a tough place in labor markets concentrated in secure jobs in the informal economy in many cases and very often in precarious situations and since a pandemic has hit the key figure i think from our latest report is that something more than one out of every 6 young workers people who are in work of now a noun no longer working and those who are still working have lost both working time and lost incomes this is a dra

those are the top stories that stay with us talk to our desire is next with guy ryder the chief of the international labor organization we'll have more news at half an hour. lucasian. the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we live our lives nearly every country in the world has been affected millions of infections hundreds of thousands of deaths and while scientists work on developing a vaccine governments are focusing on reducing the number of infections through social distancing and other preventative measures but these restrictions have brought with them countless financial losses across the globe. the coronavirus recession is considered to be the worst economic downturn since the 1929 great depression i'm richelle carey into hot as cold.