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2. How to use the Guide<br />

This section will provide suggestions for:<br />

• Government officials<br />

• The pesticide industry, including commercial users<br />

• Farmers & agricultural workers<br />

• The public health community<br />

• Community groups, including environmental NGOs<br />

• Journalists<br />

3. Overview of the Codes & Conventions<br />

• Brief history of development of international legal<br />

agreements on chemicals management, including pesticides<br />

• FAO Code of Conduct, UNEP London Guidelines<br />

• Agenda 21, Chapter 19 -- Global Harmonised<br />

System (GHS)<br />

• General chemical safety efforts (Intergovernmental Forum<br />

for Chemical Safety, GHS, SAICM, UN Recommendations<br />

on Transport of Dangerous Goods)<br />

• Management of chemical pesticides in particular<br />

– FAO Code of Conduct<br />

– Draft WHO Guidelines on the Management of Public<br />

Health Pesticides<br />

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3. Overview of the Codes & Conventions<br />

[continued]<br />

• Restrictions on specific chemical pesticides<br />

– Rotterdam (PIC)<br />

– Stockholm (POPs)<br />

– Montreal Protocol (e.g. methyl bromide)<br />

• Controls over import/export/transport of waste<br />

– Basel<br />

– Bamako<br />

• Protection of workers (ILO Chemicals Convention,<br />

Convention on Agricultural Workers)<br />

• Protection of biodiversity (Biosafety, Ramsar Protocol)<br />

• Food safety (Codex?)<br />

4. Implementing the Codes & Conventions (1)<br />

This section will be a type of operational guide<br />

• Core obligations / scope<br />

• Designation of competent authorities (importance of<br />

cooperating nationally, regionally)<br />

• Basic chemicals management requirements<br />

– Assessment & classification of chemicals (GHS, Code)<br />

– Data collection / register<br />

– Hazard communication (GHS labelling, safety data<br />

sheets)<br />

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4. Implementing the Codes & Conventions (2)<br />

4. Implementing the Codes & Conventions (3)<br />

• Basic requirements for safe management of pesticides<br />

– Information on pesticide efficacy, hazards & risks, etc.<br />

– System for authorisation & de-authorisation [e.g. bans]<br />

of pesticides<br />

– Trained users (e.g. through agricultural extension)<br />

– Tracking of impacts from use (monitoring)<br />

• Protection against unwanted trade (imports/exports)<br />

– Basel & Rotterdam Conventions<br />

– International Customs Codes<br />

• Controls over manufacturing/formulation, distribution/sales<br />

– ‘Responsible Care’ & BAT in manufacturing/formulat’n<br />

– Phase-outs of production & release of POPs (Stockholm)<br />

– Packaging & labelling, including in transit (UN RTDG)<br />

– Advertising; information delivered at point of sale<br />

• Controls against improper use<br />

– Best Environmental Practice (BEP), incl. vector control<br />

– IPM / ICM & Good Agricultural Practice<br />

– Farm-level recordkeeping / reporting<br />

– Replacement & alternatives<br />

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