Occupational Safety and Health
France ratifies the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187)
Convention No. 187 is one of the ILO’s essential instruments in safety and health at the workplace
Today, the Government of France deposited the instrument of ratification of the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187).
When depositing the instrument of ratification, Ambassador Nicolas Niemtchinow, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, said: “In depositing the instrument of ratification with the International Labour Office, France wishes to underline the importance it attaches to occupational safety and health issues. French public authorities are engaged with the social partners in the country in a Plan on health at work, which will be reviewed soon, and the ratification of this instrument will serve as a useful cornerstone for all stakeholders. With this new ratification, we also mark France’s deep commitment to the ILO supervisory system and the effective application of international labour conventions to guarantee a genuine social dimension of globalisation.”
Upon receipt of the instrument of ratification, Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Office, said “I am very happy to count France among the member States which have ratified Convention No. 187, which is one of the ILO’s essential instruments in safety and health at the workplace. From the outset, France played an active role in the process leading to the adoption of the Convention. At the national level, it has also adopted a Five-year Occupational Safety Plan, with the objectives, in particular, of developing preventive action and providing greater support to enterprises in their efforts, while at the same time consolidating coordination with the social partners. By ratifying Convention No. 187, France joins 31 other member States that have made a formal commitment to achieve sustained and continuous improvement of occupational safety and health to prevent occupational injuries, diseases and deaths, in consultation with the social partners.”
According to ILO estimates, every day some 6,300 workers die from employment accidents or work-related diseases, amounting to over 2.3 million deaths a year. Most of the 317 accidents that occur every year result in prolonged absence from work.
Ratified by 32 member States so far, Convention No. 187 is one of the ILO’s three key occupational safety and health instruments, alongside the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), and its Protocol of 2002. As a promotional framework providing for the coherent and systematic approach to occupational safety and health issues, Convention No. 187 calls on ratifying member States to implement specific measures, in consultation with the social partners, with a view to the progressive achievement of a safe and healthy working environment, in a coherent and concerted manner, through the development of a national occupational safety and health policy, system and programme. In March 2010, the ILO Governing Body adopted a Plan of Action (2010-2016) to achieve widespread ratification and effective implementation of these three instruments.
To date, France has ratified 125 international labour Conventions and one Protocol. For further information, see:
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When depositing the instrument of ratification, Ambassador Nicolas Niemtchinow, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, said: “In depositing the instrument of ratification with the International Labour Office, France wishes to underline the importance it attaches to occupational safety and health issues. French public authorities are engaged with the social partners in the country in a Plan on health at work, which will be reviewed soon, and the ratification of this instrument will serve as a useful cornerstone for all stakeholders. With this new ratification, we also mark France’s deep commitment to the ILO supervisory system and the effective application of international labour conventions to guarantee a genuine social dimension of globalisation.”
Upon receipt of the instrument of ratification, Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Office, said “I am very happy to count France among the member States which have ratified Convention No. 187, which is one of the ILO’s essential instruments in safety and health at the workplace. From the outset, France played an active role in the process leading to the adoption of the Convention. At the national level, it has also adopted a Five-year Occupational Safety Plan, with the objectives, in particular, of developing preventive action and providing greater support to enterprises in their efforts, while at the same time consolidating coordination with the social partners. By ratifying Convention No. 187, France joins 31 other member States that have made a formal commitment to achieve sustained and continuous improvement of occupational safety and health to prevent occupational injuries, diseases and deaths, in consultation with the social partners.”
According to ILO estimates, every day some 6,300 workers die from employment accidents or work-related diseases, amounting to over 2.3 million deaths a year. Most of the 317 accidents that occur every year result in prolonged absence from work.
Ratified by 32 member States so far, Convention No. 187 is one of the ILO’s three key occupational safety and health instruments, alongside the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), and its Protocol of 2002. As a promotional framework providing for the coherent and systematic approach to occupational safety and health issues, Convention No. 187 calls on ratifying member States to implement specific measures, in consultation with the social partners, with a view to the progressive achievement of a safe and healthy working environment, in a coherent and concerted manner, through the development of a national occupational safety and health policy, system and programme. In March 2010, the ILO Governing Body adopted a Plan of Action (2010-2016) to achieve widespread ratification and effective implementation of these three instruments.
To date, France has ratified 125 international labour Conventions and one Protocol. For further information, see:
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