GENEVA (ILO News) - Following the adoption of the resolution 55/12 by the United Nations General Assembly under which the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was admitted in the membership of the United Nations, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has joined, on 24 November 2000, the International Labour Organization following the Government's acceptance of the obligations of membership as laid down in the Organization's Constitution.
In a letter addressed to ILO Director-General Juan Somavia, the Yugoslav Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Mr. Goran Svilanovic, stated that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia "solemnly undertakes fully and faithfully to carry out these obligations."
With the accession of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to membership, the number of ILO member States remains at 175. This is because further to the dissolution of the former Federal Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia, that State was kept on the list of member States until such time as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was either recognized as the continuation of the former Federal Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia or admitted to the International Labour Organization as a new Member.
As from the date of accession of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to ILO membership, November 24, 2000, the former Federal Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia was deleted from the list of ILO member States.