Does ILAB participate in the work of international organizations such as the United Nations?
• ILAB’s Office of International Relations (OIR) represents the Department of Labor (DOL) before a number of international organizations. The most significant of these is the International Labor Organization (ILO), which is a UN entity. The ILO defines and establishes international labor standards through the development and implementation of conventions and follows up by monitoring compliance by member countries with their obligations under those conventions. • OIR leads DOL participation in the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), particularly the work of the Employment, Labor and Social Affairs Committee. • OIR also oversees DOL participation in the G8 through the annual meetings of the G8 Labor Ministers, and in the Organization of American States (OAS), through the biannual meetings of the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML) as well as conferences and seminars conducted under that program. • OIR oversees participation by DOL in the Human
