Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of
the International Labour Office, and having met in its Sixty-fifth
Session on 6 June 1979, and
Noting the terms of existing international labour Conventions
and Recommendations which are relevant and, in particular, the Marking
of Weight (Packages Transported by Vessels) Convention, 1929, the
Guarding of Machinery Convention, 1963, and the Working Environment
(Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, 1977, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with
regard to the revision of the Protection against Accidents (Dockers)
Convention (Revised), 1932 (No. 32), which is the fourth item on the
agenda of the session, and
Considering that these proposals must take the form of an
international Convention,
adopts this twenty-fifth day of June of the year one thousand
nine hundred and seventy-nine the following Convention, which may
be cited as the Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention,
1979: