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**ITUC Asia Pacific**
	ITUC Regional Organisation for Asia and Pacific
Founded	1951
Members	30 million in 28 countries[1]
Country	Asia and Pacific Region
Affiliation	ITUC
Key people	Sharan Burrow, president; Noriyuki Suzuki, general secretary
Website	www.icftu-apro.org/

The ITUC Regional Organisation for Asia and Pacific (ITUC Asia Pacific) is a regional organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation representing trade unions from countries in Asia and Oceania. It has 40 affiliated organisations in 28 countries, claiming a membership of 30 million people.

Originally founded in 1951 as the Asian Regional Organisation, subsequently the name was changed to ICFTU-Asia Pacific Regional Organisation in 1984. In 2007, following the merger of the ICFTU and the WCL, the organisation adopted the current name. On its website, the organisation describes its aims thus:

The organisation seeks to bring about a just, welfare society with a higher standard of living. It believes that promoting a higher wage policy and the dignity and status of workers through a stronger trade union movement will help achieve this. Equipping workers with the skills to fight for fundamental rights, including the setting up of bona fide trade unions is perhaps its major undertaking. Under its current structure, ICFTU-APRO tackles education, information, social and economic policy, women, human and trade union rights and youth among its areas of work.

The following national organisations are affiliated to ITUC Asia Pacific (ordered by country):

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ITUC Asia Pacific website

Organized Labour portal