Protecting against child labor, forced labor and discrimination. He was earlier his country's ambassador to the United Nations for many years. He was active in Chile's struggle for democracy and many civil society initiatives. A frequent participant at Davos, Ambassador Somavia met with the Forum News Daily recently.
Globalization is irreversible but still fragile.
It needs to expand and prop up its base of social legitimacy. And I think that it can be affected in many ways by global social tensions and local political backlash. We're seeing some of this happening already. If you look at the world today, there is a global decent-work deficit. It is made up of four major gaps.