transparencies

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Founding of the International Labour Organisation

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Universal and lasting peace

can be established only if it is based upon social justice
Constitution of the ILO

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ILO Constitution
GOVERNMENT
ERS K R WO

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EMP LOY ER S

SOCIAL JUSTICE

BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS

STANDARD SETTING

TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION

Information-Meetings-Research-Expertise

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3.2

Declaration of Philadelphia (1944) abour is not a commodity of expression Freedom and of association are essential to sustained progress anywhere constitutes a Poverty danger to prosperity everywhere war against want requires to be The carried on with unrelenting vigour within each nation, and by continuous and concerted international effort in which the representatives of workers and employers, enjoying equal status with those of governments, join with them in free discussion and democratic decision with a view to the promotion of the common welfare.

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Transparency

3.3

Structure of the ILO: principal bodies

Part

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE

4 delegates per Member State

1 workers'
delegate

2 government
delegates

1 employers'
delegate

GOVERNING BODY
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14 workers'
representatives

28 government
representatives

14 employers'
representatives

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE

3.4

Decentralised structure of the ILO

Regional office Area office Africa
Algeria Cameroon Cte dIvoire D. R. Congo Egypt Ethiopia Madagascar Nigeria Senegal South Africa Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe

Part

Liaison office Multidisciplinary advisory team Latin America

Argentina Brazil Chile Costa Rica Mexico Peru Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay

North America
Canada United States

Asia and the Pacific

Bangladesh China Fiji India Indonesia Japan Pakistan Philippines Sri Lanka Thaland

Europe
Belgium France Germany Hungary Italy Russian Federation Spain Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom

Middle East
Kuwait Lebanon

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Other ILO bodies

Part

R egional Meetings RMeetings egional and Technical A dvisory Committee on Salariedorkers Employees and Professional W Joint Maritime Commission (bipartite)
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Joint Committee on the Public Service (bipartite)

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Tripartite structure of the ILO

GOVERNMENTS

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PL

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ILO
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K WOR

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Means of action

Part

I. STANDARD SETTING
Setting of international labour standards Adoption by the Conference Supervision of application by Member States

II. TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION

Promotion of the objectives established by international labour standards
The ILO and standard setting
Transparency

Improvement of living and working conditions Promotion of full employment

3.8

The ILO and the United Nations system

Part

SPECIALIZED INSTITUTIONS
ILO FAO
International Labour Organisation United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNICEF UNDP WHO IBRD IMF UPU ITU WMO IMO WIPO
United Nations Childrens Fund United Nations Development Programme World Health Organisation International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) International Monetary Fund Universal Postal Union International Telecommunication Union World Meteorological Organisation International Maritime Organisation World Intellectual Property Organisation International Fund for Agricultural Development United Nations Industrial Development Organisation International Atomic Energy Agency

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IFAD UNIDO IAEA

3.9