Promotional materials
2008
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Video
Message from Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Office on the Occasion of the World Congress on Safety and Health at Work
01 July 2008
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Publication
My life, my work, my safe work - Managing risk in the work environment
28 April 2008
Despite the positive efforts to reduce accidents and ill health, injuries and diseases are still all too common in the world of work today. This publication describes some basic steps for managing risks in the workplace.
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Video
Luxembourg Ratifies 20 ILO Conventions and Protocols - Signing Ceremony
08 April 2008
Jean Feyder, Permanent Representative of the Great Duchy of Luxembourg to the United Nations, delivered 20 instruments of ratification today to the ILO. Many of the 18 ILO conventions and two protocols ratified by Luxembourg's parliament are concerned with occupational safety and health. Speaking at the signing ceremony with Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director of the ILO's International Labour Standards Department, H.E. Jean Feyder said the ILO is a “very important actor in the balancing of globalization into a more human globalization”.
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Poster
World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2008 poster
27 March 2008
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Video
Why does the world need a new, on-line edition of the Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety?
01 January 2008
Twelve years after publishing the 4th edition of the Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety, an updated, on-line version is being prepared.
2007
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Video
Burkina Faso: Protecting the Environment by Profiting from Garbage
09 October 2007
Burkina Faso’s first plastic recycling centre is paving the way for a new kind of development project. It provides a money earner to the poor while tackling environmental pollution. Local industry also benefits – the recycled plastic granules cost half the price of importing new plastic from abroad.
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Video
Adoption of the new fishing convention
14 June 2007
Innovative new labour standards designed to improve the conditions for roughly 30 million men and women working in the fishing sector worldwide were adopted today at the 96th annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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Video
Tackling Child Labour in Agriculture
12 June 2007
Worldwide, agriculture is the sector where by far the largest number of working children can be found - an estimated 70 per cent, of whom 132 million are girls and boys aged 5-14. These children are helping to produce the food and beverages we consume. Their labour is used for crops such as cereals, cocoa, coffee, fruit, sugar, palm oil, rice, tea, tobacco and vegetables. They also work in livestock raising and herding, and in the production of other agricultural materials such as cotton and cottonseed.
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Publication
Reduce risks - cut costs!
01 January 2007
Nowadays, it is economical for every enterprise to abide by the labour legislation and keep a high level of occupational safety and health as it allows to save funds.
2006
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Video
Zero tolerance for violence against children in the workplace - Video interview with Frans Roselaers (Part 3)
12 October 2006
Frans Roselaers describes the risk of violence that legally working young people face and how children can protect themselves against violence in the workplace. (Part 3 of 3 videos)
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Video
Zero tolerance for violence against children in the workplace - Video interview with Frans Roselaers (Part 2)
12 October 2006
Child labourers face the risk of violence in work where they are hidden from view, such as domestic work, or in illegal situations, says Frans Roselaers. (Part 2 of 3 videos.)
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Video
Zero tolerance for violence against children in the workplace - Video interview with Frans Roselaers (Part 1)
12 October 2006
Frans Roselaers, Director of the ILO's Department of Partnerships and Development Cooperation, talks about the global challenge to raise awareness about violence against working children. (Part 1 of 3 videos)
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Publication
Outline for a National Programme for the Elimination of Silicosis (NPES)
01 January 2006
2005
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Publication
C 81 Labour Inspection Convention and C 129 Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention
01 January 2005
2004
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Publication
Using the ILO Code of Practice and training manual - Guidelines for employers
01 January 2004
2002
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Publication
Using the ILO Code of Practice and training manual - Guidelines for trade unions
01 May 2002
2001
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Publication
About the ILO OSH-MS Guidelines
01 January 2001
2000
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Video
The Shipbreakers
01 September 2000
Few nations are willing to accept the dirty and dangerous work of dismantling a ship by hand. It is one of the world's most unregulated and hazardous industries, leaving a trail of debris, disability and death in its wake. At the same time, it is an industry that supplies much needed income to Bangladeshi workers who have few decent alternatives.
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Publication
Safety and health in agriculture: A set of fact-sheets
01 June 2000
1999
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Video
The Face of Decent Work
01 December 1999
Every day, 6,300 people die as a result of occupational accidents or work-related diseases - more than 2.3 million deaths per year. Over 337 million accidents occur on the job annually; many of these resulting in extended absences from work. The human cost of this daily adversity is vast and the economic burden of poor occupational safety and health practices is estimated at 4 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product each year. In terms of shattered families and communities, the damage is irreparable. The ILO reaches out to people in the most hazardous occupations to help them make their workplace a decent and safe place to work. Director: Miguel Schapira; Producer: Karen Naets-Sekiguchi.