Preface

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Preface

In accordance with the decision taken by the Governing Body of the ILO at its

244th Session (November 1989), a meeting of experts was convened in Geneva from 12

to 19 March 1991 to draw up a code of practice on safety and health in construction. The

meeting was composed of 21 experts, seven appointed following consultations with

governments, seven following consultations with the Employers' group and seven

following consultations with the Workers' group of the Governing Body.1 After

1 Experts appointed following consultations with governments:

Mr. J.-P. Clément, Ministry of Labour, Employment and Vocational Training, Paris (France).

Mr. D. G. Kibara, Ministry of Labour, Nairobi (Kenya).

Mr. W. Kukulski, Institute for Building Technology, Warsaw (Poland).

Mr. S. S. Msangi, Ministry of Labour and Youth Development, Dar es Salaam (United Republic of

Tanzania).

Ms. M. H. Negrão, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, São Paulo (Brazil).

Mr. A. Sanchez, Director, Department of Labour and Employment, Manila (Philippines).

Mr. H. Wong Kok Choy, Ministry of Labour, Singapore (Singapore).

Experts appointed following consultations with the Employers' group:

Mr. J. A. DeVries, Canadian Construction Association, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada).

Mr. H. Georget, National Union for Small and Medium Industrial Enterprises in the Niger

(SYNAPEMEIN), Niamey (Niger).

Mr. W. M. Nasr, Fana Investment and Trading Inc., Beirut (Lebanon).

Dr. E. J. Ríos Márquez, Uruguayan Construction League, Montevideo (Uruguay).

Mr. J. Skau-Jacobsen, Associated General Contractors of Norway, Oslo (Norway), replaced in the

second part of the meeting by Mr. G. Berglund, Swedish Construction Federation, Stockholm

(Sweden).

Mr. P. M. Walsh, National Authority for Health and Safety, G T Crampton Ltd., Dublin (Ireland).

Mr. Wan Hock Leong, Sato Kogyo Co. Ltd., Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

Experts appointed following consultations with the Workers' group:

Mr. T. Escorial Clemente, State Federation for Wood, Construction and Related Industries

(FEMCAUGT), Madrid (Spain).

Mr. B. Laguna, Workers' Federation for the Construction Industry in Venezuela

(FETRACONSTRUCCION), Caracas (Venezuela).

Mr. J. Martins, Union for Technicians and Employees in Civil Engineering, Public Works and Related

Industries (SETACOOP), Lisbon (Portugal).

Mr. A. Russ, New Zealand Building Trades Union, Wellington (New Zealand).

Mr. M. F. Sissoko, National Workers' Union of Mali (UNTM), Bamako (Mali).

Mr. N. Tobiassen, Trade Safety Council Workers' Secretariat, Copenhagen (Denmark).

Mr. A. Zverev, Building Workers' Federation, c/o General Confederation of Soviet Trade Unions,

Moscow (USSR).

International governmental and non-governmental organisations represented:

World Health Organization.

Commission of European Communities.

International Organization for Standardization.

International Social Security Association.

International Organisation of Employers.

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.

World Confederation of Labour.

World Federation of Trade Unions.

International Federation of Building and Woodworkers.