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(e) be supported, where possible, by other complementary national programmes and plans which will assist

in achieving progressively a safe and healthy working environment.

3. The national programme shall be widely publicized and, to the extent possible, endorsed and launched by

the highest national authorities.

VI. FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 6

This Convention does not revise any international labour Conventions or Recommendations.

Article 7

The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to the Director-General of the International

Labour Office for registration.

Article 8

1. This Convention shall be binding only upon those Members of the International Labour Organization whose

ratifications have been registered with the Director-General of the International Labour Office.

2. It shall come into force twelve months after the date on which the ratifications of two Members have been

registered with the Director-General.

3. Thereafter, this Convention shall come into force for any Member twelve months after the date on which its

ratification is registered.

Article 9

1. A Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after the expiration of ten years from the

date on which the Convention first comes into force, by an act communicated to the Director-General of the

International Labour Office for registration. Such denunciation shall not take effect until one year after the date

on which it is registered.

2. Each Member which has ratified this Convention and which does not, within the year following the expiration

of the period of ten years mentioned in the preceding paragraph, exercise the right of denunciation provided for

in this Article, will be bound for another period of ten years and, thereafter, may denounce this Convention within

the first year of each new period of ten years under the terms provided for in this Article.

Article 10

1. The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall notify all Members of the International Labour

Organization of the registration of all ratifications and denunciations that have been communicated by the

Members of the Organization.

2. When notifying the Members of the Organization of the registration of the second ratification that has been

communicated, the Director-General shall draw the attention of the Members of the Organization to the date upon

which the Convention will come into force.

Article 11

The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall communicate to the Secretary-General of the

United Nations for registration in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations full particulars

of all ratifications and denunciations that have been registered.