1. Present at the meeting was:

1.1. Australia: Mr. J. Whiting, NSCA
1.2. India: Mr. K.C. Gupta, NSCI Mr. O.P. Aghi, NSCI
1.3. Malaysia: Mr. Abdul Rahman Dalib, MSOSH Mr. Veerasingam, MSOSH
1.4. Japan: Mr. K. Hiromi, JISHAMr. K. Igarashi, JISHA
1.5. Indonesia: Mr. Soekoto Joedatmodjo, NSHCI
1.6. Viet Nam: Mr. Nguyen An Luong, Chairman of APOSHO-18 Mr.Le Van Trinh, NILP

1.7. Mr. Jalaludin Yasoff, Hon. Secretary General
1.8. Observer: Mr. Deok-soo Kong, KOSHA
The meeting was chaired by Prof. Dr. Nguyen An Luong, Chairman of APOSHO-18

2. Prof. Dr. Nguyen An Luong, who chaired this meeting, warmly welcomed
all participants and proposed following issues for discussions:

- The admission to APOSHO of PLF, Pakistan
- The admission to APOSHO of Nepal
- The admission to APOSHO of ISHEM, Mauritius
- The elevation of NILP from ASM to FM of APOSHO
- The acceptance of the 4 nominees as APOSHO Honorary Members

Mr. Hwa-Kyum Kim, KOSHA, Korea

Ms. Lenore Townsend, Ministry of Labor, New Zealand

Prof. Cheng Yingue, Executive President, CSSTLP, China
(These candidates were recommended by Mr. J. Yusoff)

Mr. Jalaludin Yasoff, NSCS, Singapore

(This candidate was recommended by the President of NSHCI, Indonesia)

2.1. Regarding the admission of Nepal to APOSHO

Mr. J. Yusoff: The application of Nepal was submitted and approved in 1999, unfortunately
they did not send their representatives to the APOSHO-16, APOSHO-17 Annual General
Meetings and they currently changed the office. I proposed to defer its application review
to the next conference in Malaysia.

Mr. Gupta: I saw name of a Nepalese delegates in the list of participants of APOSHO-18
conference. Though he was not from the applicant organization (but if he takes part
to the meeting) he could be invited to attend our annual meeting as observer.

Mr. Gupta: Nepal just established an OSH Council but it was under the Ministry of Labor
therefore it could not be considered as member.

Mr. J. Whiting: I proposed to invite them to attend our meeting as observers if they
sent their representatives to Hanoi and we would request them to make new
application if they form a new organization.

Chairman concluded that over the past year we did not receive any information from
them. If they formed a new organization they should make the new application in the
name of that organization and we may consider their application in the next APOSHO
conference. If their representative came to Hanoi he would be invited to attend the
meeting as observer.

All the participants agreed on this issue.

2.2. Regarding the admission of Pakistan

Mr. Gupta: I proposed we would not review this application because it was previously
rejected several times.

Chairman: Viet Nam did not receive any new information therefore according to the
conclusion of the APOSHO-17 Meeting we would not continue to review this issue.

All the participants agreed.

2.3. Regarding admission of Mauritius

Mr. J. Yusoff informed the committee members of the letter of application of ISHEM
and the letter of IOSHM that clearly objected the admission of ISHEM to APOSHO.

Mr. Gupta: We could not admit an organization when it was not recognized by the
government and supported by the country member organization. (The full member of
APOSHO of Mauritius strongly objected the admission of ISHEM to APOSHO)

Mr. J. Whiting: Our organization was not a political-oriented therefore if an organization
working in OSH area would like to become a member we would consider its application
and of course we should have clear understanding of this organization before making
any decision.

Mr. Abdul Dalib: I agreed with Mr. J. Whiting that we would consider the application of
ISHEM and we would know more about this organization.


Mr. J. Whiting: I proposed the Chairman of APOSHO-18 invite them to attend our
meeting as observer and we would review its application in the next meeting.

Chairman: We received the letter of objection from IOSHM and would send all
participants a copy of the letter. I proposed we would request them to provide more
information on ISHEM and they should consult with IOSHM to obtain the support from
their home country. We would invite them to attend our meeting as observer.

2.4. The elevation of NILP to APOSHO Full Member status

Mr. J. Yusoff: After received the letter of NILP concerning the issue, I already sent a
letter to the Chairman of APOSHO-18 and to the committee members informing you
the proposal of NILP on its full member status of APOSHO. I also received supporting
feedback from several committee members.

Mr. Hiromi: We supported NILP to be full member of APOSHO

Mr. Gupta: I confirmed that I already forwarded a letter to support NILP to be a full
member of APOSHO.

All the participants confirmed their agreement to elevate NILP from ASM to FM status.

2.5. Regarding the Honorary Members

Mr. Gupta: I proposed we should formulate criteria to offer the title of Honorary
Member and the total number of Honorary Members of APOSHO. How many
Honorary Members a country should have?

Mr. Soekotojo Joedoatomokijo: If an Honorary Member did not attend 3 consecutive
Annual General Meetings we would consider withdrawing the title of Honorary
Member of this person as we already did with our member organizations.

Mr. J. Whiting: Would we set forth a limit of 5-year duration for example for the
recognition of Honorary Member status.

Chairman: We should identify some criteria of Honorary Member, namely the person
who worked for many years in the OSH area and contributed to the development
of APOSHO. The recognition of the Honorary Member status is similar to the
appreciation of their works and contributions to OSH activities, but if they no longer
work in the OSH fields then is it necessary to review this status? Is there any limit for
the total number of Honorary Member of each member country? If the Honorary
Member did not participate to several APOSHO meeting, is it necessary to withdraw
this title?
These are major issues that require a detail discussion. I proposed further discussion in
the next meeting in Malaysia. We currently should focus on the acceptance of
the 4 nominees.

Mr. Gupta: I agreed with it. In the long-term, we should have some guidelines for the
acceptance of Honorary Member. We could not figure it out in this meeting.

The participants all shared this view and unanimously approved the 4 nominees to
become APOSHO Honorary Members.

All the conclusions of the committee meeting will be submitted to the APOSHO-18
Annual General Meeting on October 10th, 2002.