20 years after the Bhopal disaster
On the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, we would like to
call for concerted action
by governments and employers' and workers' organizations to
reinforce national systems for chemical safety and the prevention of
major industrial accidents, including full application of relevant
ILO instruments.
Relevant information
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The Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Convention, 1993 (No. 174) and its accompanying
Recommendation, 1993 (No. 181)
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The Chemicals Convention, 1990 (No.170) and its accompanying
Recommendation, 1990 (No. 177)
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Guidelines on Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems (ILO-OSH 2001)
- Codes of practice:
Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents, 1991
- Codes of practice:
Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work, 1993
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Major Hazard Control: A practical manual
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Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)
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Activities organized on 3 December in Brazil (in Portuguese, in PDF format, 1.3 Mbyte)
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A list of hits from the CISDOC bibliographic database and a direct connection to the
free search interface
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ILO Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety (free search interface, 24 hits on Bhopal)
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Video of CNN News on World Day for Safety and Health at Work (3:14 minutes, 2.32 Mbyte)
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The Trade Union Report on Bhopal (ICFTU, 1985), (in PDF format, 36 Mbyte)
- NEW! Collegium Ramazzini Statement -
Preventing Chemical Accidents: Lessons Learned since the Bhopal Disaster IN 1984.
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