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World Summit on Safety and Health



  ILO News

GENEVA (ILO News) - Some 4,000 industry leaders, policy-makers and
experts from over 100 countries are to gather in Seoul, Republic of
Korea, from 29 June to 2 July for the XVIII World Congress on Safety and
Health at Work.=20

The Congress, which meets every three years, is the largest
international event of its kind and will address the current state of
safety in the world of work and global efforts to improve it. In
addition, it will also unveil pioneering new research on occupational
safety and health as a key factor in environmentally-sustainable
economic growth and development.

The Congress will also host a high-level Safety and Health Summit
involving 50 decision-makers from around the world, including government
ministers, CEOs of leading multinational companies, senior safety and
health and social security experts, and representatives of employers and
workers.

The Summit is expected to adopt an unprecedented Declaration on Safety
and Health at Work that will provide a new global reference point for
addressing occupational safety and health issues around the world.

"As the global toll of illness, injury and death from occupational
accidents and disease continues to remain at unacceptable levels, this
Congress will underline what needs to be done to ensure that a healthy
working environment can be achieved", said Dr. Sameera Al-Tuwaijri,
Director, ILO International Programme on Safety and Health at Work and
the Environment. "Not only is safety at work desirable, it must be
recognized as a fundamental human right in the world of work".

The ILO has estimated that more than 2 million people die each year from
work-related accidents and diseases, with a cost to the world economy of
up to 4 per cent of global GDP. A new report to be launched at the
Congress will provide the most recent revised estimates of the global
impact of occupational accidents and disease, as well as examine what
can or is being done improve safety at work=20


Congress participants will focus on key issues in risk management,
including the impact of the informal economy and migration on work
safety; action for the elimination of asbestos-related risks; the
potential risk of nanotechnologies; gender differences in hazardous
industries; the improvement of work environments using ergonomics;
HIV/AIDS and the world of work; and a wide range of other topics.


The Congress includes an International Film and Multimedia Festival with
dozens of short films and multimedia presentations on occupational
safety. An International Safety and Health Exhibition will run in
parallel to the Congress, and will showcase safety technologies and
products from over 600 companies.

Technical visits will be organized to see first-hand how safety and
health issues are managed in major industries, including Samsung
Electronics, SK Incheon Oil Refining Company, KIA Motors and the Incheon
Bridge construction site.

Jointly organized every three years by the International Labour
Organization (ILO) and the International Social Security Association
(ISSA), the World Congress on Safety and Health at Work aims at
contributing to the development of a "preventive safety and health
culture" through the exchange of information, knowledge and experiences.
The XVIII World Congress is hosted by the Korea Occupational Safety and
Health Agency (KOSHA), under the theme "Safety and health at work: A
societal responsibility".
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