International Labour Organisation excludes South Africa from its two-day meeting

Date: 30 Jun 1963
Updated: 30 Jun 2026

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In a two-day meeting to discuss emergency measures against South Africa and the problems its membership poses, the governing body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) resolved that it should be excluded from ILO meeting. The meeting was held in Geneva from 28- 30 June 1963. The ILO is the international organization responsible for drawing up and overseeing international labour practises. South Africa was faced with many challenges because of its apartheid policies. At one stage South African goods were boycotted by some western countries and in 1960 African countries called for sanctions against the country. The move to exclude South Africa from the ILO meeting came less than three years after the country declared itself a Republic of South Africa.

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01O’Malley P. ‘1963’, from O’Malley, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org(Accessed: 29 May 2012)
02South African History Online, ‘The Republic of South Africa is established’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za(Accessed: 29 May 2012) International Labour Organization, ‘About the ILO’, [online], available at www.ilo.org(Accessed: 29 May 2012)

Last updated · 30 Jun 2026

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South African History Online. (2012, June 27). International Labour Organisation excludes South Africa from its two-day meeting. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087268

South African History Online (2012) 'International Labour Organisation excludes South Africa from its two-day meeting', South African History Online, 27 June. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087268 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).

South African History Online, International Labour Organisation excludes South Africa from its two-day meeting [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087268, (accessed 21 July 2026).

"International Labour Organisation excludes South Africa from its two-day meeting." South African History Online, 27 June 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087268. Accessed 21 July 2026.

South African History Online. "International Labour Organisation excludes South Africa from its two-day meeting." South African History Online. June 27, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087268.