By Our Reporter
Nepal has been unanimously elected as the Deputy Member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) during the ongoing 112th International Labour Conference in Geneva for a three-year term until June 2027.
Nepal is set to assume the new responsibility on 15 June 2024 from the 351st Session of the Governing Body meeting, informed the Permanent Mission of Nepal Geneva in a statement on Sunday.
As a member of the Governing Body, Nepal will have the opportunity to contribute to advancing labour standards, promoting decent work, and enhancing tripartite collaboration towards a democratic and inclusive decision-making process at the ILO.
“Nepal will be able to add voice and collaborate with tripartite constituents to address the challenges confronting today’s labour markets, particularly making policies relating to the migrant workers, including ethical recruitment, decent work principles, workplace safety and health, minimum wages, and social protection, among others,” read the statement.
The Governing Body is the executive arm of the International Labour Organisation, which plays a crucial role in determining the organisation’s policies and plans, setting the agenda for the International Labour Conference, and adopting the proposed programmes and budget for submission to the Conference, among others.
The tripartite composition of the ILO Governing Body consists of 56 Governments (28 regular and 28 deputy members), 33 Employer members (14 regular and 19 deputy members), and 33 Worker members (14 regular and 19 deputy members).
Nepal announced its candidacy for the deputy member of the Governing Body of the ILO on February 21 this year in the Asia-Pacific Group (ASPAG) and closely campaigned for support from the ILO Member States through a series of bilateral, sub-regional, regional, cross-regional and full-house meetings in various configurations and occasions.
Following the Ambassador-level meeting of the Central and South Asia Sub-region held on 20 March 20 and April 16, Nepal had emerged as a consensus candidate from the Central and South Asia sub-region together with Iran to join Australia, Iraq, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines and Qatar in the Governing Body as the Deputy Members from the Asia Pacific region.
This is the second time that Nepal got a seat in the Governing Body ever since joining the International Labour Organization in 1966.
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