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The Asia-Pacific Occupational Safety and Health Organization (APOSHO)
is an international body
composed of non-profit professional organizations devoted to the prevention
of occupational accidents
and diseases.
Although full membership is given to non-governmental organizations
in the Asia-Pacific region, any
occupational safety and health organizations, even in the regions
other than the Asia-Pacific,
can join the APOSHO as associate or affiliate members.
The first APOSHO Annual Conference took place in Singapore in August
1985 by the suggestion
of chairperson of the National Safety Council of Australia. It was
called initially "the Coordinating
Committee of Asia-Pacific National Safety Councils" and later
in 1992 renamed as now
at the 8th Annual Conference.
Members as of January 2005 : 33 organizations from 22 different countries
Two member organizations from Australia, China, Indonesia, Korea,
Malaysia, Mauritius, Thailand,
Vietnam respectively
Annual Conference
The annual conference of the APOSHO is held by turns on voluntary
basis. Main programs include
keynote and parallel sessions in which distinguished experts and delegates
of participant organizations
deliver speeches; confirmation of the minutes of previously-held annual
conference; activity report
of each APOSHO member organizations during the last one year; decision
on the venue of next annual
conferences; report of the results of the committee meetings; and
hand-over of APOSHO secretariat. |
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