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Law on the Ratification of the Instrument Amending the Statute of the International Labor Organization (ILO).

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The ILO is an international organization to which Estonia belongs and whose goals are to promote labor standards and basic labor principles, ensure decent work, and strengthen tripartism and social dialogue. The amendments to be ratified serve several purposes. First, to make the membership of the ILO Governing Body more representative. The number of members in the Administrative Council, i.e. the main decision-making executive body of the ILO, is increasing - currently there are 56 members in the Administrative Council, after the changes, 112 members. Currently, industrially important countries have designated seats (USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy, India, Japan, China, Brazil, Russia) which always belong to the ILO Governing Body. When the changes enter into force, the appointed seats will disappear, ensuring greater representativeness in the Council and enabling more countries to participate in the work of the Administrative Council. The principle is provided that the composition of the administrative board must be sufficiently representative, taking into account the different geographical, economic and social interests of governments, workers and employers' representatives. Second, the process of appointing the ILO Director-General will be made more inclusive of members. According to the changes, the Director-General is appointed by the Administrative Council, which forwards the decision to the ILO General Conference for approval (i.e. the highest decision-making body of the ILO, which meets once a year and is attended by representatives of each member state of the ILO representatives). Currently, the general director is only required to be appointed by the administrative board. Thirdly, it will be possible to change the most important principles of the ILO Statute with the support of ILO members greater than before. In the future, fundamental changes (such as changes to the founding principles of the organization or to the appointment of the Director General) will require greater support, with a 3/4 majority of the conference, and must be ratified or approved in order to take effect. praise 3/4 of the ILO members. According to the current constitution, a 2/3 majority of the delegates is required if the changes are ratified or approved by 2/3 of the organization's members, and five of them must be from the ten industrially important countries. The amendments to the ILO Statute have not yet entered into force because not enough countries have ratified them. Amendments to the statute have been ratified by 127 out of 187 member states and will enter into force if two one third of the ILO member states, including five industrially important member states, ratify the changes. At present, two industrially important countries have ratified the amendments: India and Italy. Estonia has no obstacles to ratifying the changes. The bill has a positive impact on the country's foreign relations, as it is important that the ILO adopts decisions that are as representative as possible and received by the members of the organization broad-based support. Due to the ratification of the amendments to the ILO statute, no changes will be made to Estonian legislation.

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