ТРЕХСТОРОННЯЯ ДЕКЛАРАЦИЯ ПРИНЦИПОВ, КАСАЮЩИХСЯ МНОГОНАЦИОНАЛЬНЫХ КОРПОРАЦИЙ И СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ ПОЛИТИКИ. Декларация. Международная организация труда. 16.11.77

Safety and health

     37. Governments  should  ensure  that  both   multinational   and
national  enterprises provide adequate safety and health standards for
their employees. Those governments which have not yet ratified the ILO
Conventions  on  Guarding of Machinery (No.  119),  Ionising Radiation
(No.  115),  Benzene (No.  136) and Occupational Cancer (No.  139) are
urged  nevertheless  to  apply  to  the  greatest  extent possible the
principles  embodied  in  these  Conventions  and  in  their   related
Recommendations (Nos.  118,  114,  144 and 147). The codes of practice
and guides in the current list of publications on occupational  safety
and health should also be taken into account <12>.
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     <12> The  ILO  Conventions  and  Recommendations  referred to are
listed in the Catalogue of ILO Publications on Occupational Safety and
Health,   1999   edn.,   ILO,   Geneva.  See  also  http://www.ilo.org
/public/english/protection/safework/publicat/index.htm.

     38. Multinational  enterprises  should   maintain   the   highest
standards   of   safety   and  health,  in  conformity  with  national
requirements,  bearing in mind their relevant  experience  within  the
enterprise  as  a  whole,  including any knowledge of special hazards.
They should also make available to the representatives of the  workers
in the enterprise,  and upon request, to the competent authorities and
the workers` and employers` organizations in all  countries  in  which
they operate,  information on the safety and health standards relevant
to their local operations,  which they observe in other countries.  In
particular,  they  should  make  known  to those concerned any special
hazards and related protective measures associated with  new  products
and processes.  They,  like comparable domestic enterprises, should be
expected to play a leading  role  in  the  examination  of  causes  of
industrial  safety  and  health  hazards  and  in  the  application of
resulting improvements within the enterprise as a whole.
     39. Multinational  enterprises  should  cooperate  in the work of
international  organizations  concerned  with  the   preparation   and
adoption of international safety and health standards.
     40. In   accordance   with   national   practice,   multinational
enterprises  should  cooperate  fully  with  the  competent safety and
health authorities,  the representatives  of  the  workers  and  their
organizations,  and established safety and health organizations. Where
appropriate,  matters  relating  to  safety  and  health   should   be
incorporated in agreements with the representatives of the workers and
their organizations.