View source for Organization:White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921

{{Short description|International Labour Organization Convention}}
{{Infobox International Labour Organization convention
|code= C13
|name= White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921
|adopt= November 19, 1921
|force= August 31, 1923
|classify= Toxic Substances and Agents     
|subject= Occupational Safety and Health  
|prev= Workmen's Compensation (Agriculture) Convention, 1921
|next= Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921
|shelved=
}}
'''White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921''' is  an International Labour Organization Convention established in 1921 to advance the prohibition of using [[Chemistry:White lead|white lead]] in paint.

As of 2017 many leading global nations, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, China and India remain outside the organization.

== Ratifications==
As of 2013, the convention has been ratified by 63 states:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Date
! Notes
|-
|Afghanistan
|12.6.1939
|-
|Algeria
|19.10.1962
|-
|Argentina
|26.5.1936
|-
|Austria
|12.6.1924
|-
|Azerbaijan
|19.5.1992
|-
|Belgium
|19.7.1926
|-
|Benin  
|12.12.1960
|-
|Bosnia and Herzegovina         
|2.6.1993
|-
|Bulgaria       
|6.3.1925
|-
|Burkina Faso   
|21.11.1960
|-
|Cambodia       
|24.2.1969
|-
|Cameroon       
|7.6.1960
|-
|Central African Republic       
|27.10.1960
|-
|Chad   
|10.11.1960
|-
|Chile  
|15.9.1925
|-
|Colombia       
|20.6.1933
|-
|Comoros        
|23.10.1978
|-
|Congo  
|10.11.1960
|-
|Côte d'Ivoire  
|21.11.1960
|-
|Croatia        
|8.10.1991
|-
|Cuba   
|7.7.1928
|-
|Czech Republic         
|1.1.1993
|-
|Djibouti       
|3.8.1978
|-
|Estonia        
|8.9.1922
|-
|Finland        
|5.4.1929
|-
|France         
|19.2.1926
|-
|Gabon  
|14.10.1960
|-
|Greece         
|22.12.1926
|-
|Guatemala      
|5.1.1990
|-
|Guinea         
|21.1.1959
|-
|Hungary        
|8.6.1956
|-
|Iraq   
|19.4.1966
|-
|Italy  
|22.10.1952
|-
|Lao People's Democratic Republic       
|23.1.1964
|-
|Latvia         
|9.9.1924
|-
|Luxembourg     
|16.4.1928
|-
|Madagascar     
|1.11.1960
|-
|Mali   
|22.9.1960
|-
|Malta  
|9.6.1988
|-
|Mauritania     
|20.6.1961
|-
|Mexico         
|7.1.1938
|-
|Montenegro
|3.6.2006
|-
|Morocco        
|13.6.1956
|-
|Netherlands    
|15.12.1939
|-
|Nicaragua      
|12.4.1934
|-
|Niger  
|27.2.1961
|-
|Norway         
|11.6.1929
|-
|Panama         
|19.6.1970
|-
|Poland         
|21.6.1924
|-
|Romania        
|4.12.1925
|-
|Russian Federation
|10.10.1991
|ratified as the [[Place:Soviet Union|Soviet Union]]    
|-
|Senegal        
|4.11.1960
|-
|Serbia 
|24.11.2000
|ratified as the [[Place:Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]
|-
|Slovakia       
|1.1.1993
|-
|Slovenia       
|29.5.1992
|-
|Spain  
|20.6.1924
|-
|Suriname       
|15.6.1976
|-
|Sweden         
|27.11.1923
|-
|The Republic of Macedonia<ref>Referred to by the United Nations as "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" due to the Macedonia naming dispute.</ref>      
|17.11.1991
|-
|Togo   
|7.6.1960
|-
|Tunisia        
|12.6.1956
|-
|Uruguay        
|6.6.1933
|-
|Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela       
|28.4.1933
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO:12100:P12100_INSTRUMENT_ID:312158:NO Text].
*[http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:11300:0::NO:11300:P11300_INSTRUMENT_ID:312158 Ratifications].

[[Category:Lead]]
[[Category:Chemical safety]]
[[Category:Organizations (Chemistry)]]
[[Category:Organizations|Chemistry]]

{{Sourceattribution|White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921}}