Report of the thirty-sixth session of the Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific (APHCA)

RAP PUBLICATION 2012/23

Report of the thirty-sixth session of the Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific (APHCA)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok 2012

ABSTRACT

This publication reports the proceedings of the thirty-sixth session of the Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific (APHCA) convened from 20 to 24 October 2012 in Negombo, Sri Lanka. The session outlined the cornerstones of APHCA’s strategic plan and work plan for 2013 as well as activities carried out in the previous year. Major themes considered were: antimicrobial use in livestock production and the threat to animal and human health in the region posed by antimicrobial resistance, disease burdens from existing zoonoses and threats from the emergence of novel pathogens, assessments of the current and future supply of and demand for livestock feed, and strengthening of national livestock policy-making capacities through establishment of a livestock policy network in Asia-Pacific. Key recommendations that emerged are included in the report.

Table of Contents

Minutes of the 73rd Executive Committee Meeting and the 36th session of APHCA
    The 73rd Executive Committee Meeting
    The 36th APHCA Session
Timetable and agenda
    Timetable
    Provisional agenda
Dates and venues (host countries) of APHCA sessions
Minutes of the 72nd Executive Committee Meeting and the 35th APHCA session
    The 72nd Executive Committee Meeting
    APHCA business session
    Regional consultation on livestock sector priorities for Asia and the Pacific region
Summary statement of APHCA account
    Cash balance as of 1 January 2012
    Expenditures in 2011
    Status of contributions
    Approved budget for 2012 and expenditures to 31.09.2012
    Scale of contributions for 2013
Activity report
    Introduction
    Personnel (RAP Livestock Group)
    Field projects supported by RAP livestock group
    Meetings, workshops and events organized
    Congresses, symposia, meetings and workshops attended
    APHCA information unit
    Commissioned studies
    Work planned up to end 2012
Specific issues and proposed work plan for 2013
     Cornerstones of APHCA’s strategic plan
     AMU and AMR in the Asia Pacific region
     Priority zoonoses in south, east and southeast Asia
     National feed assessment systems
     Establishment of a livestock policy network
     Proposed APHCA trust fund budget for 2013
List of participants
    Delegates
    Observers
    FAO regional office (secretariat)
Speeches
    Welcome speech by Mr Man Ho So, Deputy Regional Representative, on behalf of
         Mr Hiroyuki Konuma, Assistant Director General and Regional Representative
         for Asia and the Pacific

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