Answer: 1919. The ILO was created in 1919 as part of efforts to build lasting peace through social justice.
Which body is the ILO’s principal annual conference?
A International Labour Conference
B World Health Assembly
C WTO Ministerial Conference
D UNESCO General Conference
Answer: International Labour Conference. The International Labour Conference meets annually to discuss labour issues and standards.
What is the ILO’s executive body called?
A General Assembly
B Governing Body
C General Council
D Executive Board of the IMF
Answer: Governing Body. The ILO’s Governing Body oversees the organization’s work as its executive body.
What does the ILO’s permanent secretariat do?
A Sets global currency values
B Runs international courts
C Supports the organization’s work and is known as the International Labour Office
D Administers the WTO agreements
Answer: Supports the organization’s work and is known as the International Labour Office. The International Labour Office is the ILO’s permanent secretariat.
What does the ILO’s tripartite model give workers and employers?
A Control over all national governments
B A veto over international trade rules
C Authority to appoint all judges
D A formal voice alongside governments in labour discussions
Answer: A formal voice alongside governments in labour discussions. Workers and employers participate with governments in ILO deliberations and standard-setting.
Which subject is covered by the ILO’s international standards?
A Labour rights and conditions of work
B Space exploration
C International aviation routes
D World Heritage conservation
Answer: Labour rights and conditions of work. ILO standards address labour rights and a wide range of working conditions.
What is the difference between ILO conventions and recommendations?
A Recommendations are treaties and conventions are press releases
B Conventions can be ratified as treaties; recommendations offer guidance
C Both are trade tariffs
D Both are military agreements
Answer: Conventions can be ratified as treaties; recommendations offer guidance. Conventions may be ratified by members, while recommendations offer non-binding guidance.
What is the ILO’s connection to the United Nations?
A It is a department of the WTO
B It is the UN’s peacekeeping command
C It is a specialized agency of the UN system
D It is a regional alliance outside the UN
Answer: It is a specialized agency of the UN system. The ILO is a specialized agency in the UN system.
Which group of representatives makes the ILO unusual among UN agencies?
A Judges, police and military representatives
B Teachers, students and parents
C Farmers, exporters and customs officers
D Government, employer and worker representatives
Answer: Government, employer and worker representatives. The ILO’s tripartite structure brings together governments, employers and workers.
What is the ILO’s headquarters city?
A Geneva
B Paris
C Vienna
D The Hague
Answer: Geneva. The ILO’s headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland.
Which goal does the ILO link to universal and lasting peace?
A Single-currency adoption
B Social justice
C Military expansion
D Universal tariff increases
Answer: Social justice. The ILO’s founding mission emphasizes that social justice is essential to lasting peace.
Which international body received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1969?
A World Trade Organization
B World Bank
C International Labour Organization
D UNESCO
Answer: International Labour Organization. The ILO was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1969.
What does the Decent Work agenda seek to advance?
A Only higher import tariffs
B A single global wage set by one office
C The replacement of national labour laws
D Productive work with rights, protection and dialogue
Answer: Productive work with rights, protection and dialogue. The ILO’s decent-work agenda promotes employment, rights at work, social protection and social dialogue.
Which ILO activity helps shape global labour policy?
A Adopting international labour standards
B Setting national central-bank rates
C Approving World Heritage sites
D Determining global trade sanctions
Answer: Adopting international labour standards. The ILO’s members debate and adopt international labour standards through its conference.
Where did the ILO move its permanent office in 1920?
A Washington, D.C.
B Geneva
C Rome
D Brussels
Answer: Geneva. The ILO moved to Geneva in the summer of 1920.
Who was the ILO’s first Director?
A David Morse
B Edward Phelan
C Albert Thomas
D Samuel Gompers
Answer: Albert Thomas. The ILO’s history records France’s Albert Thomas as its first Director.
What was one reason the ILO was created after the First World War?
A To regulate international stock exchanges
B To create a world military force
C To standardize all national currencies
D To promote social justice as a foundation for peace
Answer: To promote social justice as a foundation for peace. The ILO was founded on the idea that social justice supports universal and lasting peace.
Which organization is responsible for international labour standards rather than trade rules?
A International Labour Organization
B World Trade Organization
C International Monetary Fund
D Food and Agriculture Organization
Answer: International Labour Organization. The ILO sets labour standards; the WTO deals with international trade rules.
What role do employers’ representatives play at the ILO?
A They appoint the UN Secretary-General
B They participate in tripartite deliberations with workers and governments
C They control international monetary policy
D They decide all World Bank loans
Answer: They participate in tripartite deliberations with workers and governments. Employer representatives take part with workers and governments in the ILO’s tripartite structure.
What does the ILO’s social dialogue encourage?
A Negotiations only between central banks
B Trade sanctions between states
C Cooperation among governments, workers and employers
D Cultural exchanges among museums
Answer: Cooperation among governments, workers and employers. The ILO encourages social dialogue among governments, workers and employers.
Which kind of body is the ILO Governing Body?
A A criminal court
B A trade tribunal
C A humanitarian relief agency
D An executive body
Answer: An executive body. The Governing Body is the ILO’s executive body.
What is a key output of the International Labour Conference?
A International labour standards and policy decisions
B National passports
C Global currency banknotes
D Military alliance treaties
Answer: International labour standards and policy decisions. The conference is the ILO’s main forum for debating and adopting labour standards.
Which ILO standard instrument usually requires ratification to become binding on a member state?
A Recommendation
B Convention
C Declaration of a company
D Technical manual
Answer: Convention. A convention is a treaty instrument that members may ratify, creating obligations for the ratifying state.
Which ILO instrument is intended to guide policy without being ratified as a treaty?
A Convention
B Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty
C Recommendation
D IMF quota schedule
Answer: Recommendation. An ILO recommendation provides guidance and does not require ratification.
Which principle is reflected in the ILO’s tripartite design?
A Only governments may discuss labour issues
B Private firms govern all UN agencies
C Workers and employers have a voice in shaping labour standards
D International standards are made by courts alone
Answer: Workers and employers have a voice in shaping labour standards. The ILO gives workers and employers a formal voice alongside governments in standard-setting.