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    The International Labour Organisation (ILO) was founded in 1919 following World War I to promote decent working conditions. It is the first specialized UN agency and brings together governments, employers, and workers. The ILO aims to promote rights at work, employment opportunities, social protection, and dialogue on work issues. It is governed by a tripartite Governing Body representing governments, employers, and workers and meets three times per year. The ILO has 182 member states and aims to eliminate child labor through programs in 88 countries and combat HIV/AIDS in the workplace.

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    The International Labour Organisation (ILO) was founded in 1919 following World War I to promote decent working conditions. It is the first specialized UN agency and brings together governments, employers, and workers. The ILO aims to promote rights at work, employment opportunities, social protection, and dialogue on work issues. It is governed by a tripartite Governing Body representing governments, employers, and workers and meets three times per year. The ILO has 182 member states and aims to eliminate child labor through programs in 88 countries and combat HIV/AIDS in the workplace.

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    The International Labour Organisation (ILO) was founded in 1919 following World War I to promote decent working conditions. It is the first specialized UN agency and brings together governments, employers, and workers. The ILO aims to promote rights at work, employment opportunities, social protection, and dialogue on work issues. It is governed by a tripartite Governing Body representing governments, employers, and workers and meets three times per year. The ILO has 182 member states and aims to eliminate child labor through programs in 88 countries and combat HIV/AIDS in the workplace.

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    The International Labour Organisation (ILO) was founded in 1919 following World War I to promote decent working conditions. It is the first specialized UN agency and brings together governments, employers, and workers. The ILO aims to promote rights at work, employment opportunities, social protection, and dialogue on work issues. It is governed by a tripartite Governing Body representing governments, employers, and workers and meets three times per year. The ILO has 182 member states and aims to eliminate child labor through programs in 88 countries and combat HIV/AIDS in the workplace.

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    INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION

    The Institution
    The ILO was founded in 1919, following the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I, to pursue a vision that universal and lasting peace can be established only if it is based upon decent treatment of working people. Juan Somavia is the Director General, ILO Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland

    The Institution
    The ILO became the first specialized agency of the UN in 1946. The ILO is the only 'tripartite' United Nations agency in that it brings together representatives of governments, employers and workers to jointly shape policies and programmes.

    Its main aims are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue in handling work-related issues.

    Governing Body

    The Governing Body is the executive body of the International Labor Office. It meets three times a year, in March, June and November. It takes decisions on ILO policy, decides the agenda of the International Labor Conference, adopts the draft Programme and Budget of the Organization for submission to the Conference, and elects the Director-General

    The Composition
    The Governing Body is composed of 28 government representatives, 14 workers' group representatives, and 14 employers' group representatives. 10 of the government seats are held permanently by Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States

    The Members

    Member States : 182 countries

    Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Chile, Croatia, Egypt, Ghana, Hungary, Uganda, Quwait

    The Sessions
    The member States of the ILO meet at the International Labour Conference, held every year in Geneva, Switzerland, in the month of June.

    The Sessions
    Each member State is represented by a delegation consisting of two government delegates, an employer delegate, a worker delegate, and their respective advisers.

    Training and teaching units


    The International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ITCILO) is based in Turin, Italy. Together with the University of Turin, Faculty of Law, the ITC offers training for ILO officers and secretariat members, as well as offering educational programmes. For instance, the ITCILO offers a Master of Laws (LL.M.) programme in Management of Development, which aims specialize professionals in the field of cooperation and development.

    ILOs Response to Child Labour


    The ILOs International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) was created in 1992 with the overall goal of the progressive elimination of child labour, which was to be achieved through strengthening the capacity of countries to deal with the problem and promoting a worldwide movement to combat child labour. IPEC currently has operations in 88 countries, with an annual expenditure on technical cooperation projects that reached over US$74 million in 2006.

    ILOs Response to Child Labour


    It is the largest programme of its kind globally and the biggest single operational programme of the ILO. IPEC's work to eliminate child labour is an important facet of the ILO's Decent Work Agenda., providing them with education and assisting their families with training and employment opportunities contribute directly to creating decent work for adults.

    Response to HIV
    Under the name ILOAIDS, the ILO created the Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS as a document providing principles for "policy development and practical guidelines for programmes at enterprise, community, and national levels."

    These Included:
    prevention of HIV

    management and mitigation of the impact of AIDS on the world of work

    care and support of workers infected and affected by HIV/AIDS elimination of stigma and discrimination on the basis of real or perceived HIV status.

    THANK YOU

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