Beginning in the late 1950s the organization was under pressure to make provisions for the potential membership of ex-colonies which had become independent; in the Director General's report of 1963 the needs of the potential new members were first recognized.ILO: 'Programme and Structure of the ILO':report of the Director General, 1963. The tensions produced by these changes in the world environment negatively affected the established politics within the organizationR. W. Cox, "ILO: Limited Monarchy" in R.W. Cox and H. Jacobson The Anatomy of Influence: Decision Making in International Organization Yale University Press, 1973 pp.102-138 and they were the precursor to the eventual problems of the organization with the USA.
Beginning in the late 1950s the organization was under pressure to make provisions for the potential membership of ex-colonies which had become independent; in the Director General's report of 1963 the needs of the potential new members were first recognized.ILO: 'Programme and Structure of the ILO':report of the Director General 1963. The tensions produced by these changes in the world environment negatively affected the established politics within the organizationR. W. Cox, "ILO: Limited Monarchy" in R.W. Cox and H. Jacobson The Anatomy of Influence: Decision Making in International Organization Yale University Press, 1973 pp.102-138 and they were the precursor to the eventual problems of the organization with the USA.