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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. |
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However, as this publication reveals, the concept is now being used by international agencies such as the International Labour Organization and it is likely that scholars in many more countries will adopt the term. In 2001, the International Labour Organization released a paper titled ``Barefoot Economics'' that says a worker's well-being is ``an integral part of the economic sustainability and organizational development of enterprises. The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that there are over 12 million people trapped in forced labour around the world, one fifth of them victims of human trafficking. |
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