GENEVA (ILO News) ─ The International Labour Conference of the ILO elected new members of the Governing Body on 2 June. For the full list of members, please visit: http://www.ilo.org/global/What_we_do/Officialmeetings/ilc/ILCSessions/97thSession/pr/lang--en/docName--WCMS_093826/index.htm.
The Governing Body is composed of 56 regular members (28 Governments, 14 Employers and 14 Workers) and 66 deputy members (28 Governments, 19 Employers and 19 Workers).
Ten of the regular government seats are permanently held by States of chief industrial importance (Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States). The other Government members, and the worker and employer members, are elected by the Conference every three years.
The chairperson of the Governing Body will be elected at its next session on 13 June 2008.
The Governing Body is the executive body of the International Labour Office (the Office is the secretariat of the Organization). It meets three times a year, in March, June and November and takes decisions on ILO policy, the agenda of the International Labour Conference and the draft Programme and Budget of the Organization for submission to the Conference.
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