The member States of the ILO meet at the International Labour Conference, held every year in Geneva, Switzerland, in the month of June. Each member State is represented by two government delegates, an employer delegate and a worker delegate, plus advisers.
Every delegate has the same rights.
Worker and employer delegates often vote against their governments' representatives or against each other. All can express themselves freely and vote as they wish. This diversity of viewpoint does not prevent decisions being adopted by very large majorities, or in many cases even unanimously. Many of the government representatives are cabinet ministers responsible for labour affairs in their own countries. Heads of State and prime ministers also take the floor at the Conference.