safety

UN labour agency observes annual day promoting workplace safety

28 April 2004
In the 20th anniversary year of the massive Union Carbide factory gas leak that affected nearly 250,000 people in Bhopal, India, the United Nations labour agency today observed its annual "World Day for Safety and Health at Work" with a worldwide commemoration of those who lost life or health in workplace accidents.
Louise Fréchette addresses Assembly

UN urges reducing number of people killed by road crashes annually

14 April 2004
Although fatalism is being encouraged by use of the word "accidents" for vehicular collisions, people must be made aware that the crashes, now causing 1.2 million deaths per year, can be reduced or prevented, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said today.