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- Trine Lise Sundnes
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in her office at the top of Folkets Hus in Oslo. “I do play football, but the poster behind me is from a campaign against racism: ‘The only colour that counts is the one on the shirt’.”
- CV
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Born in 1970 and first secretary at the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). She was elected onto LO’s executive board in 2001. She came from a position as regional secretary of the LO union Handel og Kontor.
She is on the ILO’s governing body, as well as being responsible for working life, the IA agreement, working environment issues and the collective agreement for the service industry.
- ILO facts
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The UN agency for labour issues, the International Labour Organization, was founded in 1919 as part of the Versailles Treaty after World War I. Its headquarters lie in Geneva, Switzerland.
Juan Somavía has been Director-General since 1998. He is Chilean and the first leader from a country in the southern hemisphere. He is currently serving his third five-year term, but at 71 he will retire in September 2012.
Workers and employers have 14 representatives each on the ILO’s governing body, while governments have the same number - 28. Nordic employers are represented by Jørgen Rønnest from Denmark. Since June 2011 Denmark has also held one of the government seats on the governing body. The Nordic region therefore have three out of 56 representatives on the governing body.
ILO’s work is concentrated on four areas:
- To fight the global employment crisis
- To introduce a social safety net for all
- To execute the UN Millennium Goals
- To work for fair globalisation
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