R207 - Safe and Healthy Working Environment (Consequential Amendments) Recommendation, 2023

Preamble

The General Conference of the International Labour Organization,

Having been convened in Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met at its 111th Session on 5 June 2023,

Recalling the resolution on the inclusion of a safe and healthy working environment in the ILO’s framework of fundamental principles and rights at work, adopted at its 110th Session (June 2022),

Having decided to adopt certain proposals with regard to the amendment of the Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002 (No. 193), the Human Resources Development Recommendation, 2004 (No. 195), the Employment Relationship Recommendation, 2006 (No. 198), the HIV and AIDS Recommendation, 2010 (No. 200), the Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202), the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204), and the Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience Recommendation, 2017 (No. 205), for the purpose of introducing therein certain amendments consequential upon the adoption of the resolution on the inclusion of a safe and healthy working environment in the ILO’s framework of fundamental principles and rights at work,

Considering that these proposals must take the form of a Recommendation,

adopts this 12 June 2023 the following Recommendation, which may be cited as the Safe and Healthy Working Environment (Consequential Amendments) Recommendation, 2023:

1. 1. The words “the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (1998), as amended in 2022” shall be substituted for the words “the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up, 1998” or any variant contained in the Preamble of the Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002 (No. 193), the Human Resources Development Recommendation, 2004 (No. 195), the Employment Relationship Recommendation, 2006 (No. 198), the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204), and the Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience Recommendation, 2017 (No. 205), and in Paragraph 8(1)(a) of the Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002 (No. 193), Paragraph 35 of the HIV and AIDS Recommendation, 2010 (No. 200), and Paragraphs 23(a) and 41(c) of the Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience Recommendation, 2017 (No. 205).
2. 2. The words “the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155)” and “the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187)” shall be added in chronological order in the fifth preambular paragraph of the Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002 (No. 193).
3. 3. In the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204):
   • (a) the word “eight” shall be replaced by “ten” in the eighth preambular paragraph;
   • (b) the words “a safe and healthy working environment” shall be added as a new clause (e) of Paragraph 16;
   • (c)in the Annex, the words “Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155)” and “Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187)” shall be deleted from the list of instruments under the subheading “Other instruments” and shall be added in chronological order under the subheading “Fundamental Conventions”.
4. 4. The words “the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization (2008), as amended in 2022” shall be substituted for the words “the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization, 2008,” or any variant contained in the Preamble of the Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202), the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204), and the Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience Recommendation, 2017 (No. 205).
5. 5. The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall have official texts prepared of the Recommendations referred to in Paragraphs 1 and 4, as amended by this Recommendation, and shall communicate certified copies of these texts to each of the Members of the Organization.