write a few lines of "appreciation" about ILO
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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION is a very nice organization for the labor force around the world and is responsible for manageable work by labour around the world.
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Step-by-step explanation:
The International Labour Organization
and the quest for social justice,
1919–2009
On the wall of the temple of Apollo at Delphi in ancient Greece were written
the words, “Know thyself”. That 2,500-year-old lemma can be a guide for us
all in our personal and professional lives. But it is equally important for institu-
tions. And those of us who have the privilege to work with and for the Interna-
tional Labour Organization have a rich heritage that informs our work and guides
our actions, often without our knowing it. To know this heritage can help us
understand both the responsibilities of today and the mission that our founders
and successive generations have placed in our tripartite hands.
When Dharam Ghai came to me with the proposal that we document
better the ILO’s history and its achievements in time for its 90th anniversary in
2009, the idea was instantly appealing. Dharam, with whom I have worked in dif-
ferent contexts and who headed my transition team after my election as Director-
General, has been a source of inspiration and support to many of us who have
been working to strengthen international social policy, and his understanding of
our possibilities and our goals is second to none.
He was sowing on fertile ground. Some years before, I had mentioned in
my annual address to the ILO Conference the fact that we won the Nobel Peace
Prize in 1969. Throughout that meeting, I was struck by the number of delegates
who were unaware of a key facet of our history. Clearly, we needed to do some-
thing about it.
And so this book was conceived, and the idea of the “Century Project” to
celebrate our 100th anniversary in 2019 was born.
The ILO is a large community, more broadly based than the other United
Nations organizations because we include not only governments, but also workers’
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and employers’ representatives, each with their own global networks. Thousands of
national and local organizations belong to the ILO through their representatives at
our Conference. Then there are those who work in the ILO’s secretariat, and our
loyal corps of former ILO officials and delegates around the world, as well as the
many more who belong to a wider community concerned with work, with workers,
with enterprises, with social justice, with decent work, with gender equality and
non-discrimination, within each country and in the international system.
This book is for that wider community and beyond. It explores some of the
main ideas which the ILO has seized, developed and applied, examines their his-
tory and tells how they were pursued in different geographical and historical set-
tings. And, since the ILO revolves around ideas, that helps us understand why
the ILO has sometimes thrived, sometimes suffered, but always survived and
persisted to pursue its goals through the political and economic upheavals of the
last 90 years.
What lessons can we draw?
First, the institutions on which the ILO is founded have proved their worth.
That includes labour laws which frame national action; social dialogue which
builds understanding and expands the common interest; and tripartism, the bed-
rock of the ILO, which provides for the democratic participation in decisions of
the key social and economic actors.
Second, the effectiveness of the ILO – the role it can play and its ability to
respond to the demands that are put upon it – depends on major world events:
economic crises, social conflicts, war, and in recent years globalization policies
which are inimical to ILO values. But, in all of these extreme situations, in the
end the ILO is an indispensable partner because of the balance it brings between
state and market, between society and individual and, today, between economic,
social and environmental policies for sustainable development.
Third, the ILO has often been swimming against the tide. Its mandate for
social justice can be thwarted by economic and political forces, and pursuing its
goals is often a long struggle, as is today the struggle for decent work.
The book has four authors, three of them long-serving former ILO officials,
with a total of over 100 years of experience working in the ILO, the fourth an
academic who has looked at the ILO from the outside; two economists, a lawyer
and a historian. This book is their view.
Gerry Rodgers, who led this project, was a member of the team that worked
with me to construct the Decent Work strategy after my election as Director-
General, and subsequently helped put it into effect. He has a long experience of,
and personal commitment to, research and policy on employment, labour markets and poverty in different parts of world.