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CONVENTION 187 CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROMOTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

The General Conference of the International Labour Organization, Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Ninety-fifth Session on 31 May 2006, Recognizing the global magnitude of occupational injuries, diseases and deaths, and the need for further action to reduce them, and Recalling that the protection of workers against sickness, disease and injury arising out of employment is among the objectives of the International Labour Organization as set out in its Constitution, and Recognizing that occupational injuries, diseases and deaths have a negative effect on productivity and on economic and social development, and Noting paragraph III(g) of the Declaration of Philadelphia, which provides that the International Labour Organization has the solemn obligation to further among the nations of the world programmes which will achieve adequate protection for the life and health of workers in all occupations, and Mindful of the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-Up, 1998, and Noting the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), the Occupational Safety and Health Recommendation, 1981 (No. 164), and other instruments of the International Labour Organization relevant to the promotional framework for occupational safety and health, and Recalling that the promotion of occupational safety and health is part of the International Labour Organization's agenda of decent work for all, and Recalling the Conclusions concerning ILO standards-related activities in the area of occupational safety and health – a global strategy, adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 91st Session (2003), in particular relating to ensuring that priority be given to occupational safety and health in national agendas, and Stressing the importance of the continuous promotion of a national preventative safety and health culture, and Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to occupational safety and health, which is the fourth item on the agenda of the session, and Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international Convention; adopts this fifteenth day of June of the year two thousand and six the following Convention, which may be cited as the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006.

I. DEFINITIONS

Article 1

For the purpose of this Convention: (a) the term ―national policy” refers to the national policy on occupational safety and health and the working environment developed in accordance with the principles of Article 4 of the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155); (b) the term ―national system for occupational safety and health” or ―national system” refers to the infrastructure which provides the main framework for implementing the national policy and national programmes on occupational safety and health; (c) the term ―national programme on occupational safety and health” or ―national programme” refers to any national programme that includes objectives to be achieved in a predetermined time frame, priorities and means of action formulated to improve occupational safety and health, and means to assess progress;