International Labour Organization (ILO) : In News
India, a founding member of the International Labour Organization (ILO), is likely to raise a complaint against the UN agency over its India Employment Report 2024.
- International Labour Organization (ILO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) dedicated to improving labour conditions and living standards throughout the world.
- It was created in 1919, as part of the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I, to reflect the belief that universal and lasting peace can be accomplished only if it is based on social justice.
- In 1946, the ILO became a specialized agency of the newly formed UN.
- HQ: Geneva,
- It is also a member of the United Nations Development Group (UNDP), a coalition of UN organization aimed at helping meet the Sustainable Development Goals.
- The ILO has 187 member states: 186 out of 193 UN member states plus the Cook Islands.
- It is the only tripartite U.N. agency that brings together governments, employers and workers’ representatives of 187-member States
