Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Radiation Protection Convention, 1960 (No. 115) - Belarus (Ratification: 1968)

1. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its latest report in reply to the General Observation of 1987 and requests the Government to transmit a copy of the text of the State Programme for 1990 to 1995 to eradicate the after-effects of the accident at the Chernobyl atomic power plant. Furthermore, the Committee would refer the Government to its General Observation under this Convention, in particular paragraphs 16 to 27 concerning the limitation of occupational exposure during and after an emergency. It requests the Government to indicate, in its next report, the steps taken in relation to the matters raised in the conclusions to the General Observation, particularly as concerns paragraph 35(c).

2. The Committee would call the Government's attention more generally to its General Observation under this Convention which sets forth, inter alia, the revised exposure limits established on the basis of new physiological findings by the International Commission on Radiological Protection in its 1990 Recommendations (Publication No. 60). The Committee would recall that, under Article 3, paragraph 1, and Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Convention, all appropriate steps shall be taken to ensure effective protection of workers against ionising radiations and to review maximum permissible doses of ionising radiations in the light of current knowledge. The Government is requested to indicate the steps taken or being considered in relation to the matters raised in the conclusions to the General Observation.