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International Labour Organization (ILO)Specialized agency of the United Nations system dedicated to improving labour conditions and living standards throughout the world. Established in 1919 through the Treaty of Versailles as an agency of the League of Nations, the ILO became the first specialized agency affiliated with the UN in 1946. Its activities include compiling labour statistics, protecting international migrants, and safeguarding trade-union rights. Its delegates come from member governments (50%), labour (25%), and employers (25%). About 175 countries are represented in the ILO. It received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1969. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In Tanzania, for instance, a private group called the Good Hope Center, which works with the ILO, finds child laborers and gets them into school. The ILO estimates that 48 million children work in Latin America, half of them under the age of 14. At a special screening at UN Headquarters in New York, Zohreh Tabatabai, Director of the ILO Department of Communications and Public Information, urged people not to focus purely on the figures and statistics, as shocking as they are. |
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