The report noted that technical interventions in the field of pesticides management undertaken during the reporting period included significant progress made by member countries towards improvement of safety, technical assistance programmes, FAO initiatives for regional cooperation and regional inputs into international pesticide management. Of special mention was that China, one of the leading user and exporter of pesticides, had taken firm measures to reduce its production and use.
The FAO Panel of Experts on Management of Pesticides made much progress in the implementation of the International Code of Conduct on Distribution and Use of Pesticides, including the development and review of Guidelines in support of the implementation of the Code. FAO had also declared its position on GHS and the endorsement of SAICM.
National consultations were held in Viet Nam, Thailand and Viet Nam with a view to develop national strategies for the ratification and implementation of the Rotterdam Convention (RC).
