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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Baseline study on the problem of obsolete pesticide stocks was written by Mark Davis on behalf of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Pesticides Working Group, FAO Obsolete Pesticides Project, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Chemicals and the Secretariat of the Basel Convention (SIB), in August 2000.

 

Abbreviations

CIDA

Canadian International Development Agency

CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

DAC

Development Assistance Committee (OECD)

DANIDA

Danish International Development Agency

DDT

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

DFID

Department for International Development (United Kingdom)

DGIS

Directorate General for International Cooperation (Netherlands)

DNOC

Dinitro-o-cresol

EC

European Community

ECA

Economic Community of Africa

EMPRES

Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases

EU

European Union

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FINIDA

Finnish Development Agency

GCPF

Global Crop Protection Federation

GEF

Global Environment Facility

GTZ

German Agency for Technical Cooperation

HCB

Hexachlorobenzene

IFCS

Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety

IGO

Intergovernmental organization

ILO

International Labour Organization

IOMC

Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals

IPEN

International POPs Elimination Network

IPM

Integrated pest management

MSDS

Material safety data sheets

NGO

Non-governmental organization

NORAD

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

OAU

Organization of African Unity

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PAN

Pesticide Action Network

PCB

Polychlorinated biphenyl

POP

Persistent organic pollutant

RENPAP

Regional Network on Safe Pesticide Production and Information for Asia and the Pacific

SBC

Secretariat of the Basel Convention

SIDA

Swedish International Development Agency

SPREP

South Pacific Regional Environment Programme

ULV

Ultra-low volume

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNIDO

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

UNITAR

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

USEPA

United States Environmental Protection Agency

WHO

World Health Organization

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