Report of the twenty-third session of the Asia-Pacific Plant Protection Commission

RAP publication 2004/05

Report of the Twenty-Third Session of the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission

4 to 8 August 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Bangkok, 2004

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1. Opening of the session and organizational matters

2. Election of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons of the twenty-third session, the Drafting Committee and the adoption of the provisional agenda and timetable

3. Secretariat report on action taken on recommendations of the twenty-second session of the Commission (agenda item 2)

4. Country, regional and international organization reports (agenda item 3)

5. Implementation of the revised Plant Protection Agreement for the Asia and Pacific region (agenda 4)

6. Progress in integrated pest management in the region, by CTA of FAO IPM regional project on cotton and vegetables (agenda item 5)

7. Progress in the implementation of the provisions of the international code of conduct on the distribution and use of pesticides, and the convention of prior informed consent (PIC) (agenda item 6)

8. Overview of the International Plant Protection Convention’s (IPPC) activities (agenda item 7)

9. Progress in the implementation of plant quarantine in the Asia and Pacific region (agenda item 8)

10. Progress in agricultural pesticide management in the Asia and Pacific region (agenda item 9)

11. Consideration of recommendations of the fourteenth technical consultation among Regional Plant Protection Organizations (agenda item 10)