New ILO Convention On OHS Debated

The annual conference of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva is expected to agree a new convention on occupational health and safety before the end of the session on June 16.

The Conference will discuss elements of future ILO instruments on occupational safety and health with a view toward adopting a new Convention and a Recommendation.

The Committee on Occupational Safety and Health will hold a second discussion on a promotional framework aimed at lowering the toll of work-related injuries and diseases which cause some 2 million deaths each year.

Unsurprisingly, with more than 70 conventions and recommendations relating to questions of safety and health already in existence, the United States, Canada and Britain feel a new convention is unnecessary.

However it appears that the chances of the convention being rejected were slim as a majority of the 178 ILO member states were in favour.

source: ILO, SwissInfo

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