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Chemical Safety in Asia: Law and Practice

A Contribution to the ILO Action Programme Programme on Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work

by Nabil Watfa and Seiji Machida
International Labour Office
Geneva, 1998

Preface

Acknowledgement

Chapter 1: Occupational Safety and Health: Past, Present, Future

The Past
The Present
The Future

Chapter 2: Role of the ILO in Chemical Safety

Implementation of the chemical safety programme
Promotion of ILO standards and instruments relating to chemical safety
Action to promote chemical safety
Sectoral meetings on the chemical industries
Cooperation with UN and other agencies

Chapter 3: Occupational Safety and Health Standards

Standard setting
Development of occupational safety and health standards
- Convention concerning Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work (No. 170), 1990
- Convention concerning the Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents (No. 174), 1993
- Convention concerning Occupational Safety and Health (No. 155), 1981
- Convention concerning Occupational Health Services (No. 161), 1985

Chapter 4: Occupational Safety and Health in Asia

Overview
Recent developments
Challenges in promoting occupational safety and health

Chapter 5: Occupational and Chemical Safety and Health: Law and Practice

Bahrain, China, Jordan, India, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan, Syria
Activities of the employers' organizations in occupational safety and health
Activities of the workers' organizations in occupational safety and health
Arab Labour Organization - Institute of Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational safety and health at the Gulf Cooperation Council level

Chapter 6: Future Directions in Occupational Safety and Health

Annex 1: Convention concerning Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work (No. 170), 1990

Annex 2: Convention concerning the Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents (No. 174), 1993

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Updated by RS/AS. It was modified and approved by JT. Last updated: February 2000