Francis Blanchard head of the International Labour Organisation from 1973 to 1989
      
						Francis Blanchard, who has died aged 93, was director-general of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in interesting times, from 1974 to 1989.
Blanchard played a key role in getting international recognition for Solidarity
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