This Constitution was amended by the 14th APOSHO Annual Meeting held on 23 April 1998
at Seoul Korea.

In accordance with the above-mentioned recommendations, the Committee is proposing
consequential amendments to the APOSHO Constitution as enclosed.

Mr. Nam Tak Kim
Chairman of the Constitution Review Committee
APOSHO 14, Seoul, Korea
23 April 1998

Report
by the Membership Screening Committee
to the APOSHO 14th Annual Meeting
Venezia Room, Hotel Lotte World, Seoul, Korea
Tuesday, 21 April 1998

All the five members of the Membership Screening Committee attended the Committee Meeting
held on Tuesday, 21 April 1998 from 15:30 to 17:00.

Chairman: Mr. Nam Tak Kim, Korea Industrial Safety Corporation

Mr. Yusoff appeared accompanied by Mr. Russell Leith, the representative of Industrial
Foundation for Accident Prevention (IFAP), Mr. Dato'Lee Lam Thye, the representative of National
Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in Malaysia, Mr. SH.M.Akhtar, the representative
of Central Inspectorate of Mines (CIM) to give them an opportunity to brief on their organizations.
The representatives briefed on their organizations and were kindly requested to leave the meeting
while the committee deliberated their membership applications.

Members of the Membership Screening Committee unanimously agreed to make the following
recommendations to the 14th Annual Meeting, on the condition that the proposed Constitution
Amendments be approved at the Annual Meeting. Otherwise, it was agreed that the screening
of the membership applications be deferred to the next year.

1. Membership Application

a) IFAP in Australia and NIOSH in Malaysia be accepted as Affiliate Member
under the Article 3 - (c-1)
b) The National Safety Council in the U.S.A. be accepted as Affiliate Member
under Article 3 - (c-2) with the condition that the name of the organization
be National Safety Council (not International Safety Council)
c) Central Inspectorate of Mines (CIM) in Pakistan be accepted as Associate
Member under the Article 3 - b).
It was also recommended that APOSHO support and help the establishment of the National Safety
Council in Pakistan.

2. Honorary Membership

a) Mr. Marbun of Indonesia be accepted as Honorary Member.
b) It was pointed out that APOSHO has been too liberal in accepting honorary
members, which may cause financial burden to hosting countries because of
the increasing numbers of registration fee waivers.
Thus, it was recommended that formal procedures for accepting Honorary
Members be established including design of the questionnaire for honorary
membership and adequate numbers of recommendations.
Mr. Yusoff volunteered as Technical Coordinator to do the job and circulate
it to members.
3. Disqualification of Membership

a) The membership of Thai National Safety Association terminate since it does
not exist any more.
b) The resignation of membership by Fiji National Training Council and the
United Arab Emirates University be accepted.
c) Bangladesh and Sri Lanka stay as member on the condition that Secretariat
collects their activity reports.
d) Honorary Members who fail to attend three consecutive Annual Meetings
without reasonable justification may be deprived of the membership through
the decision of the Annual Meeting in accordance with the Article 5.
Mr. Nam Tak Kim
Chairman of the Membership Screening Committee
APOSHO 14, Hong Kong
21 April 1998



Report by the Technical Committee
to the APOSHO 14th Annual Meeting
Venezia Room, Hotel Lotte World, Seoul, Korea
Wednesday, 22 April 1998

10 members attended the Technical Commitee Meeting held on Wednesday, 22 April 1998
from 13:30 to 15:00

Summary of the Technical Committee Meeting

Technical Committee deliberated the following conclusion after the full discussion on the agenda
of Statutes of technical committee and Standard for safety helmet.

The name of the agenda, Statutes, is changed to Terms of Reference of Technical Committee.
Terms of Reference, modified as attached, should be submitted to and approved by the Aposho
-14 Annual Meeting on April 23

The other detailed program and technical agenda such as standard for industrial safety helmet,
exchanging information & data, programs should be discussed after the terms of reference
is adopted by the Annual Meeting.

Members of APOSHO can submit proposals to the Committee any time.

Technical Committee will recommend to the APOSHO meeting that KISCO will be the
chairpersonship for the next 3 years.


TERMS of REFERENCE

Preamble
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APOSHO Technical Committee is a Committee which was formed as a result of the resolution
of the APOSHO 13th meeting at Hong Kong in 1997 April.

Article 1. Title

The name of the Committee is the APOSHO Technical Committee hereinafter referred to
as the "Committee."

Article 2. Objects

The objects of the Committee are to promote safety and health in APOSHO member countries
through exchanging technical information and developing technical standards, guidelines and
codes which APOSHO members may use in the fields of safety and health.

Article 3 Membership

Members and Chairperson of the Committee shall be elected by consensus at the APOSHO Annual
Meeting.

Article 4 Chairpersonship

The terms of office of the Chairperson shall be for a period of 3 years and their reelection shall
not be subject to restriction.

Article 5 Chairperson

The duties of the Chairperson are:
a) to preside over the Committee Meetings
b) to cast a deciding votes ( if necessary)
c) to represent the Committee as necessary
d) to report recommendation to the APOSHO Annual Meeting

The Chairperson shall set up a secretariat in the organization to which the Chairperson belongs
in order to handle secretarial services

Article 6 Sub-Committees

Any APOSHO members can submit proposals to the Committee any time.
Sub-Committees can be organized to carry out specific technical work effectively.

Article 7 Adoption Procedure

Any proposal is adopted by virtue of a simple majority vote of all members of the Committee.

This terms of reference will take effect from May 1st, 1998.
In accordance with the above-mentioned recommendations, the Committee is proposing
consequential amendments to the APOSHO Constitution as enclosed.

Mr. Soun Shik Chang
Chairperson of the Technical Committee
APOSHO 14, Seoul, Korea
23 April 1998

Report by the OHSMS Committee
to the APOSHO 14th Annual Meeting
Venezia Room, Hotel Lotte World, Seoul, Korea
Wednesday, 22 April 1998

The OHSMS Committee

1. reports that

(a) a number of APOSHO members responded to APOSHO 13 request to submit
comparisons of national OHSMS with ISO 14004.
(b) Indonesia has already adopted an OHSMS based on Melbourne APOSHO 12 Draft AP 1004.
(c) there is significant common core elements of all submitted omparisons
(see pages 201/202 of APOSHO 14 proceedings).

2. recommends that

(a) the APOSHO Council agree for the OHSMS Committee(through a subcommittee
of Australia/NZ, India, Japan, Korea) identify and draft the common core
elements/clauses of a voluntary guideline AP1004 OHSMS for APOSHO.
(b) the APOSHO Council members agree that until finalisation of the next draft,
each member will encourage its national bodies to use ISO 14004/AS/NZ 4804
as guidance for further national developments of OHSMS.
(c) the APOSHO Council agree to a timetable of early completion of the next Draft
AP 1004 for final adoption by the APOSHO 15 Council meeting.