ILO – International Labour Organization

The ILO is United Nations agency dealing with labour issues, particularly international labour standards, social protection, and work opportunities for all.
It was United Nations first specialised agency.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) was created in 1919.
Since 1946 the ILO is a specialized agency of the UN.
Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
The principal means of action in the ILO is the setting up of International standards in the form of Conventions, Recommendations and Protocol.
The basis of the ILO is the tripartite principle, i.e. the negotiations within the Organization are held between the representatives of governments, trade unions, and member-states’ employers.
187 conventions and recommendations on social and labour issues have been adopted since 1919.
The principal means of action in the ILO is the setting up of International standards in the form of Conventions, Recommendations and Protocol.

The International Labour Conference (ILC) is the ILO superior body convened at least once a year.
The Conference deals with examining and adopting the international norms in the social and labour sphere, and with discussing universally important questions.

The Governing Body is the ILO executive body which directs the Organization’s activities in the period between the ILC sessions and defines the order of the Conference decisions’ implementation. The Governing Body meets three times a year.