The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations

United Nations

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 that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva

Geneva

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, Switzerland

Switzerland

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. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the International Labour Office. The organization received the Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Peace Prize

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 in 1969.

Members include states that were members on 1 November 1945, when the organization's new constitution came into effect after World War II.