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I have done my best to state I for all of my thoughts. It is possible that I may have misinterpreted some statements from various sources. I accredit everything on this site to be from my viewpoint, and understanding of the organizations, and issues presented. If anyone can shed some more light on any of these issues, I urge you to complete the Comments section.
Well it should be apparent that I received much of my information from the WTO and ILO pages. There is a lot of information, and sometimes it can be hard to find, so I have noted here the exact pages where I found my information, articles, and definitions regarding trade and labour policiies.
http://www.wto.org/wto/archives/labstand.htm Press Brief on Trade and Labour Standards where WTO Director General Renato Ruggiero suggested these four points.
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html UN Human Rights Declaration
http://www.wto.org/wto/about/organsn6.htm : List of WTO 136 members http://www.wto.org/wto/about/accgen.htm : How to become a member of the WTO.http://www.imf/org/external/np/sec/decdo/ilo.htm : List of ILO 175members.
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/memdir/members.htm : List of IMF 182 members.
http://www.un.org/Overview/unmember.html : List of UN 188 members. http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/about/members : List of World Bank members, and the five organizations. The IBRD has 181 members, IDA has 160, the IFC has 174, MIGA has 151 and ICSID has 131. The main coordinating body for membership issues is the http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/about/members/unit.htm Membership and Capital Subscriptions Unit of the Corporate Secretariat. http://www2.icftu.org/list.asp?Type=WTOReports&Order=Date&Subject=ILS&Language=EN : Priority Group on Employment and Labour Standards- Country Reports: WTO & Labour Standards on Trade & Labour Standardshttp://www.oecd.org/- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/inequal/intro.htm- This site explains the causes for inequality and poverty around the world. http://www.britannica.com/bcom/magazine/article/0,5744,255916,00.html DISTRIBUTING THE GAINS: JUSTICE AND INTERNATIONAL TRADEhttp://www.euro.net/innovation/Finance_Base/Fin_encyc.html
Financialhttp://www.wto.org/wto/about/organsn0.htm-
: Summary of WTOwww.wto.org/wto/minist1/18lab_e.htm : ILO statements at Seattle.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc86/com-dtxt.htm : The Declaration of the ILO, fundamental rights, and follow up.
http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/freetotrade/freetrade.html- Supporting Free Trade http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/mann/19991117/t000104777.html WTO wisdom or folly? http://www.britannica.com/bcom/magazine/article/0,5744,217149,00.htmlCONTRARY OPINION: WHO'S AFRAID OF THE WTO?
http://www.iww.org : Industrial Workers of the World homepage http://www.web.net/~comfront/af-lab.htm- Labour in the Americas http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc86/rep-vi.htm International Labour Conference http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/regions.htm : Site allows you to type in any country and see the status of poverty and other factors.http://www.oecd.org/about/general/index.htm : Explains what OECD is about.
http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/0/0,5716,115710+1+108782,00.html : The history of the organization of work.
http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/0/0,5716,63156+1+61595,00.html protectionism definition.
http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/0/0,5716,115724+1+108786,00.html Unionism