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The Workers' Group of the ILO Governing Body meeting in Geneva on Thursday 20th March deplores the decision to launch a war, thus putting an end to the diplomatic efforts made to resolve the multinational dispute with Iraq. The Workers' Group of the ILO Governing Body comprises trade union leaders from all regions of the world who all believe in the basic ILO credo of Peace, democracy and social justice and are still convinced that such values cannot be promoted through war. The group considers that this war should be brought to an end as a matter of urgency. The war will inevitably have severe economic and social consequences for Iraq itself and for the international community and will increase international instability, poverty and unemployment. The Workers' Group considers that everything should be done to rebuild confidence in the authority of the UN and that reconstruction in Iraq should be undertaken under a United Nations mandate. That the ILO must stand ready to assist in the rehabilitation and social reconstruction initiatives, which should follow the armed conflict. The Governing body should place all of its available resources into the effort to restore peace, to reduce human suffering, to reinfuse the human spirit and dignity of the affected Iraqi people.
Updated by LO. Approved by MS. Last updated: 20 March 2003.
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Statement of Members of the Workers' Group of the ILO Governing Body on the Iraqi war, 20.03.03.