Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Occupational Cancer Convention, 1974 (No. 139) - Syrian Arab Republic (Ratification: 1979)

Article 1, paragraph 1, of the Convention. Periodic determination of the carcinogenic substances and agents to which occupational exposure shall be prohibited. The Committee notes with satisfaction that Ministerial Order No. 504 of 1989 has been amended by Ministerial Order No. 1510 of 2005 for the purpose of amending the table of occupational diseases in accordance with scientific data and developments on the influence of carcinogenic substances or agents.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.