The 2008 Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work, unanimously adopted by 46 influential leaders, is proving to be a very powerful tool. It is being widely promoted and used for political support by all those concerned in advancing occupational safety and health and those who have to implement them.

The Declaration emphasizes that the right to a safe and healthy working environment should be considered as a fundamental human right and it encourages governments to consider the ratification of the ILO Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (N°187) as a priority. A review progress will be performed during the XIXth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work due to take place in Istanbul in 2011.

For easier reference, the declaration is now available in a variety of languages to meet the needs of the international community: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Urdu.