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FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA

Effect to be given to the recommendations
of sectoral meetings

(a) Tripartite Meeting on Voluntary Initiatives affecting
Training and Education on Safety, Health and
Environment in the Chemical Industries
(Geneva, 22-26 February 1999)

1. The Tripartite Meeting on Voluntary Initiatives affecting Training and Education on Safety, Health and Environment in the Chemical Industries was held in Geneva from 22 to 26 February 1999, chaired by Mr P.J. Simanjuntak (Government, Indonesia).

2. The Meeting considered a report prepared by the International Labour Office entitled "Voluntary initiatives affecting training and education on safety, health and environment in the chemical industries".⁽¹⁾ 

3. The Meeting unanimously adopted a set of conclusions on voluntary initiatives affecting training and education on safety, health and environment in the chemical industries and resolutions concerning employment creation in the chemical industries; industrial relations in the global chemical sector; and small and medium-sized enterprises in the chemical sector.

4. These texts, together with a summary of the proceedings of the Meeting, appear in the Note on the proceedings, which is appended to the present paper.⁽²⁾  Paragraph 23 of the conclusions and the operative paragraphs of each of the resolutions call for certain action by the ILO.

5. The Committee on Sectoral and Technical Meetings and Related Issues may wish to recommend that the Governing Body authorize the Director-General to communicate the Note on the proceedings containing the texts mentioned in paragraph 3 above:

(a) to governments, requesting them to communicate these texts to the employers' and workers' organizations concerned;

(b) to the international employers' and workers' organizations concerned;

(c) to the international organizations concerned.

6. The Committee on Sectoral and Technical Meetings and Related Issues may wish to recommend that the Governing Body request the Director-General to bear in mind, when drawing up proposals for the future work of the Office, the wishes expressed by the Meeting in paragraph 23 of the conclusions and relevant parts of the resolutions.

Geneva, 8 October 1999.

Points for decision:

Paragraph 5;
Paragraph 6.

1. TMCI/1999.

2. TMCI/1999/12.

TMCI/1999/12