Multilateral Negotiations: The Emerging Negotiating Model In The International Labour Organization
Abstract
The international system exhibits complex and entangled characteristics that compete not only to define, describe and interpret the multilateral negotiations but also to influence them. This phenomenon is perceptible in the United Nations’ (UN) organs and specialised agencies and elsewhere in the multilateral environment. The characteristics range from the multiple actors, inter-actor relationships, power relations, behavioral traits to multi-structures, governance, the engagement modalities and decision-making mechanisms. It is against this backdrop that the present research explored the characteristics of a new conceptual model which better describes and interprets the negotiations that take place in the Governing Body (GB) of the International Labour Office. The research traces the negotiating model adopted at the formation of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in 1919 which placed the workers’ and employers’ groups on equal footing with governments. The tripartite nature of the ILO makes it a unique agency within the UN family.
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