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In 2003, the ILO began to observe World Day stressing the prevention of accidents
and illnesses at work, capitalizing on its traditional strengths of tripartism and
social dialogue. 28 April is also a day the world's trade union movement has long
associated with commemorating victims of occupational accidents and disease.
Below is a list of themes and subthemes for the ILO's past celebrations of World
Day for Safety and Health at Work. A brief description of the ILO's aims and goals
for celebrating each year's specific theme can be found alongside past promotional
posters.
2007 - Safe and Healthy Workplaces - Making Decent Work a Reality
In 2007, the World Day for Safety and Health at Worked focused on the link between decent work and safe work through the prism of the ILO's four strategic objectives: International labour standards and fundamental principles and rights at work, decent employment, social protection for all, and tripartism and social dialogue. A focal point was the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187).
2006 - Decent Work - Safe Work - HIV/AIDS
Through World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2006, the ILO aimed to contribute to reducing
the number of work-related deaths each year, including those resulting from HIV/AIDS, and
to making work decent by eliminating workplace stigma and discrimination related to HIV/AIDS.
2005 - Creating and Sustaining a Preventative Safety and Health Culture
Creating a preventative safety and health culture at work and reducing the number of work-related deaths each year was the main focus for the World Day for Safety and Health at Work in 2005. The subthemes included the construction sector and occupational safety and health for younger and older workers.
2004 - Creating and Sustaining a Safety Culture
In 2004, World Day for Safety and Health at Work focused international attention on promoting and creating a safety and health culture at work and reducing the number of work-related deaths each year. The subthemes were hazardous substances, workplace violence and occupational respiratory diseases.
2003 - Safety and Health Culture In a Globalized World
According to ILO estimates, each year two million men and women die from work-related
diseases and accidents - a death toll averaging some 5,000 workers a day. Globalization
is affecting occupational safety and health in a variety of ways, some positive, some
negative. A strong safety and health culture in all enterprises is a key step towards
both preventing occupational deaths and diseases and tackling related effects of
globalization.
2002 and 2001 - International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers
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In 2001 and 2002 the ILO marked the International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured
Workers organized worldwide by the trade union movement since 1996 and coordinated by
the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). Web sites were created to
record the Day.
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• 2001
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