RAP PUBLICATION 2005/25

RAP PUBLICATION 2005/25

Report of the twenty-fourth session of the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission

5 to 9 September 2005
Bangkok, Thailand


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Bangkok, 2005

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Contents

Foreword

1. Opening of the session and organizational matters

2. Secretariat report on actions taken on recommendations of the twenty-third session of the Commission

3. Country, regional and international organization reports

4. Discussion on the approval of two Regional Standards for Phytosanitary Measures

5. Progress in implementation of the provisions of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides; and the Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC)

6. Overview of the International Plant Protection Convention's (IPPC) activities including ICPM-7

7. Progress in implementation of plant quarantine in Asia and the Pacific region

8. Progress in integrated pest management in the region

9. Progress in agricultural pesticide management in Asia and the Pacific region

10. APPPC Standing Committee meetings on IPM, Plant Quarantine and Pesticide Management

11. Date and venue of the twenty-fifth session

12. Other business

13. Adoption of the report

14. Closing of the Session

Annex I. List of participants

Annex II. Regional Standards for Phytosanitary Measures "Requirements for the establishment and maintenance of pest free areas for Tephritid fruit flies" APPPC RSPM No. 3

Annex III. Regional Standards for Phytosanitary Measures "Guidelines for the confirmation of non-host status of fruit and vegetables to Tephritid fruit flies" APPPC RSPM No. 4

Annex IV. Progress in integrated pest management (IPM) in Asia and the Pacific region (Agenda item 8)

Annex V. Progress in agricultural pesticide management in Asia and the Pacific region (Agenda Item 9)

Place and date of sessions of the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission