Standard-Setting Committee on Biological Hazards (CNB)

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This Committee undertook the second discussion on protection against biological hazards in the working environment with a view to setting new international labour standards in the form of a Convention and a Recommendation. The proposed texts to be considered were included in ILC.113/Report IV(4).

The Committee mets from Monday, 2 to Wednesday 11 June 2025, according to its programme of work, in room XVII at the Palais des Nations.

• List of examples of situations covered and not covered by the definition of biological hazards included in the proposed Convention and Recommendation
• Clarification on terminology and implications of using "biological hazards" vs. "biological risks"

Final documents of the Committee

• The texts of the Convention and Recommendation submitted to the Conference for adoption were published in ILC.113/Record No. 5A
• The report of the Committee containing the summary of proceedings was published on 27 June 2025 in ILC.113/Record No. 5B
  Committee members may submit corrections to their own statements appearing in the report to the Secretariat ([email protected]) by 11 July 2025