The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,
Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office,
and having met in its Fifty-ninth Session on 5 June 1974, and
Noting the terms of the Radiation Protection Convention and Recommendation, 1960, and of the Benzene Convention and Recommendation, 1971,
and
Considering that it is desirable to establish international standards concerning protection
against carcinogenic substances or agents, and
Taking account of the relevant work of other international organisations, and in particular
of the World Health Organisation and the International Agency for Research on Cancer,
with which the International Labour Organisation collaborates, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals regarding control and prevention
of occupational hazards caused by carcinogenic substances and agents, which is the
fifth item on the agenda of the session, and
Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international Convention,
adopts this twenty-fourth day of June, of the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy-four
the following Convention, which may be cited as the Occupational Cancer Convention,
1974;