The ILO's Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV) has launched a campaign to ratify instruments on occupational health and safety (OHS). The campaign, which aims to make OHS a leading national and international priority, was bolstered at the International Labour Conference in June 2006 by the adoption of a new convention, accompanied by a Recommendation, aiming to establish a promotional framework for occupational safety and health. It encourages the member states to ratify conventions on OHS and to incorporate measures to improve OHS in their national policies and programmes. Eight posters calling for ratification are available in three languages, either in electronic format. The ILO points out that "the vast majority of EU countries have ratified very few of these 15 conventions".

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