On 14 September, the ICEM will sponsor a two-hour panel discussion on ILO Convention 176, the Safety and Health in Mines Convention, in Istanbul, Turkey. The panel is in conjunction with the 19th World Congress on Safety and Health at Work (WCSHW) and will be held in the Kasimpaşa-2 Room, Kuleli Building, of the Haliç Congress Centre from 14h to 16h.

The panel will highlight the urgent need for Turkey to ratify Convention 176 and will include Dr. Fikret Sazak, Director of Education for Maden-İş, the Mine Workers’ Union of Turkey; Radha Gobinda Mohanty of the Indian National Mineworkers’ Federation; Glen Mpufane, ICEM Mining/DJOGP Officer; and Brian Kohler, ICEM Health, Safety, Sustainability Officer.

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Turkey is notorious for unsafe coal mines, with many of the mines in government hands but operated by contractors utilizing sub-standard equipment and practices.

The ICEM event is open to everyone but those interested should visit the WCSHW website for information on the entire Congress, which runs from 11-15 September. The address for the WCSHW at Haliç Congress Centre is Sütlüce Mah. Eski Karaağaç Cad., 34445 Beyoğlu, Istanbul.