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28 April:World Day for Safety and Health at Work.

On 28 April at ILO headquarters in Geneva, the Bureau for Workers’ Activities held a ceremony to commemorate workers killed and injured at work.

World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April: Interview with Dr Ahmed Khalef

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 28th April 2011

Speech by Mr. Donglin Li, ILO Country Director for Sri Lanka and the Maldives

The declaration of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) on the occasion of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work

ICOH renews its call for joint actions for developing occupational health and safety programmes meeting the changing needs at the workplace in globalizing economy. ICOH expresses warm congratulations on the 92nd Anniversary of the ILO and its...

World Day for Safety and Health at Work - OSH Management system: A tool for continual improvement

Each year, governments, employers and workers mark the World Day for Safety and Health. This year’s theme for the day is “Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Management System: A tool for continual improvement”. Improvement is in fact needed:...

World Day for Safety and Health at Work: Preventing occupational accidents through OSH risk management

Occupational safety and health (OSH) issues are not only the concerns of workers but also the employers. Globally, according to ILO data, an estimated 337 million workplace accidents and 2.3 million deaths occur every year. In addition, the data of...

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World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2011 - Worldwide events to focus on safety and health management systems for prevention and control...

Events will be held around the world to mark the annual World Day for Safety and Health at Work this year, amid a renewed effort by the International Labour Office (ILO) to emphasize the value of occupational safety and health management systems for...

Message by Juan Somavia on the occasion of World Day for Safety and Health at Work

On this Day we recall that every year around 337 million people are victims of work accidents and more than 2.3 million people die because of occupational injuries or work-related diseases.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and International Women’s Day: 100 years on

The first International Women’s Day commemorated a demonstration by women workers in New York in 1857. But what established the modern celebration of International Women’s Day in history, was the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York...

ILO-JICA agreement to improve Pacific Islands waste management

The ILO and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have signed an agreement to support improved waste management in the Pacific Island Countries (PIC).

“Any fool can stuff a container?”: ILO to discuss safety in growing container industry

The container shipping market represents about 16 per cent of the world’s goods loaded in tonnes. With its growing market share, the risk of accidents also increases, says a report prepared for an ILO Global Dialogue Forum on Safety in the Supply...

Kazakhstan ratifies ILO Asbestos Convention

Caring for the carers

International guidelines launched to protect health workers against HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis

New international guidelines launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) aimed at protecting health workers from occupational exposure to...

Safety and health

Experts adopt new ILO Code of Practice on safety and health in agriculture

Experts representing workers, employers and governments, meeting at the International Labour Organization (ILO), have adopted a new draft Code of Practice on Safety and Health in Agriculture designed to improve working conditions in agriculture...

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ILO Director-General celebrates rescue operation of trapped Chilean miners

The Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Juan Somavia, has expressed his deep emotion over the rescue operation to free the 33 miners trapped underground for more than two months in a mine in northern Chile.

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ILO Director-General Juan Somavia expresses his emotion over the rescue operation of Chilean miners

The Director-General of ILO, Juan Somavia, has issued a statement expressing his emotion over the rescue operation to free the 33 miners that have been trapped underground for more than two months in the San José mine, in Chile.

Russia ratifies ILO Occupational Safety and Health Convention

Abstract: the Singapore Workplace Safety and Health Conference 2010

Occupational Safety and Health and Decent Work in Asia - Achievements and Challenges - by Sachiko Yamamoto, Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific to the Singapore Workplace Safety and Health Conference 2010, 15-16 September 2010.

Message from Juan Somavia, Director-General, International Labour Office to the Singapore Workplace Safety and Health Conference 2010

By Mr Juan Somavia, ILO Director-General to the Singapore Workplace Safety and Health Conference 2010, 15-16 September 2010.

World Day for Safety and Health at Work - Knowing the Risks

(ILO Phnom Penh) Cambodia marks World Day for Safety and Health at Work on Friday April 30th with an event focusing on the theme “Knowing Your Health and Safety Risks and Preventing Workplace Accidents"