Rep o rt of th e tw en - Rotterdam Convention
Rep o rt of th e tw en - Rotterdam Convention
Rep o rt of th e tw en - Rotterdam Convention
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Foreword<br />
The Plant Protection Agreem<strong>en</strong>t for <strong>th</strong>e Asia and Pacific Region (formerly <strong>th</strong>e Plant Protection<br />
Agreem<strong>en</strong>t for S ou<strong>th</strong>-East Asia and Pacific Region), which was approved by <strong>th</strong>e 23 rd S ession <strong>of</strong> <strong>th</strong>e<br />
FAO C ouncil in November 1955 and <strong>en</strong>tered into force on 2 J uly 1956, is an intergovernm<strong>en</strong>tal<br />
treaty and administered by <strong>th</strong>e Asia and Pacific Plant Protection C ommission (APPPC ). The<br />
C ommission, according to its provisions, conv<strong>en</strong>es at least once every <strong>tw</strong>o years and is op<strong>en</strong> to<br />
pa<strong>rt</strong>icipation by all member countries.<br />
The Tw<strong>en</strong>ty-fou<strong>rt</strong>h S ession <strong>of</strong> <strong>th</strong>e FAO Asia and Pacific Plant Protection C ommission (APPPC )<br />
was conv<strong>en</strong>ed in Bangkok from 5 to 9 S eptember 2005 to review <strong>th</strong>e activities <strong>of</strong> <strong>th</strong>e C ommission<br />
carried out in <strong>th</strong>e past <strong>tw</strong>o years and to review <strong>th</strong>e overall plant protection situation at national and<br />
regional levels followed by discussion and adoption <strong>of</strong> <strong>tw</strong>o Regional S tandards <strong>of</strong> Phytosanitary<br />
Measures (RS PMs) as well as id<strong>en</strong>tification <strong>of</strong> <strong>th</strong>e work programme <strong>of</strong> APPPC for 2006-2007. This<br />
docum<strong>en</strong>t pres<strong>en</strong>ts <strong>th</strong>e final repo<strong>rt</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>th</strong>e S ession.<br />
During <strong>th</strong>e last bi<strong>en</strong>nium, <strong>th</strong>e FAO Regional Office for Asia and <strong>th</strong>e Pacific and its intergovernm<strong>en</strong>tal<br />
technical body – APPPC – have be<strong>en</strong> involved in several significant programmes dealing wi<strong>th</strong> major<br />
areas <strong>of</strong> plant protection in <strong>th</strong>e region. The C ommission has be<strong>en</strong> very active in <strong>en</strong>hancing capacity<br />
building and information exchange among member countries on aspects <strong>of</strong> phytosanitory measures<br />
in line wi<strong>th</strong> <strong>th</strong>e International Plant Protection C onv<strong>en</strong>tion (IPPC ) and S anitary and Phytosanitary<br />
(S PS ) Measures <strong>of</strong> W TO, pesticide managem<strong>en</strong>t following <strong>th</strong>e FAO C ode <strong>of</strong> C onduct and <strong>Rotterdam</strong><br />
C onv<strong>en</strong>tion as well as ext<strong>en</strong>sion <strong>of</strong> integrated pest managem<strong>en</strong>t to major crops <strong>of</strong> <strong>th</strong>e region.<br />
It is expected <strong>th</strong>at <strong>th</strong>e activities planned for <strong>th</strong>e next <strong>tw</strong>o years and <strong>th</strong>e actions tak<strong>en</strong> on <strong>th</strong>e<br />
recomm<strong>en</strong>dations will fu<strong>rt</strong>her <strong>en</strong>hance cooperation and <strong>th</strong>e capacity <strong>of</strong> member countries to deal<br />
wi<strong>th</strong> various phytosanitary issues in <strong>th</strong>is era <strong>of</strong> globalization. It will amplify regional cooperation<br />
in o<strong>th</strong>er aspects <strong>of</strong> plant protection as well. The firm commitm<strong>en</strong>ts and concrete actions by all<br />
governm<strong>en</strong>ts <strong>of</strong> <strong>th</strong>e member countries are req uired in order to achieve common goals in agricultural<br />
and rural developm<strong>en</strong>t towards <strong>th</strong>e Mill<strong>en</strong>nium Developm<strong>en</strong>t G oal <strong>of</strong> halving world hunger by 2015.<br />
He C hangchui<br />
Assistant Director-G <strong>en</strong>eral and<br />
FAO Regional <strong>Rep</strong>res<strong>en</strong>tative for<br />
Asia and <strong>th</strong>e Pacific<br />
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