1. FAO Pesticides Risk Reduction Brief Introduction Mark Davis, Senior Officer Plant Production and Protection Division Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

2. International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in international trade

3. The International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides  Adopted in 1985 by all FAO Member States, amended in 1989 and substantially revised in 2002  Article 9, as amended in 1989, later evolved into the Rotterdam Convention  Revised version has more emphasis on IPM  Is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish from FAO stand and website

4. The International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides  Is the globally accepted standard for pesticide management by all stakeholders, i.e. governments, pesticide industry, public interest groups and farmer organizations  Is a comprehensive approach to improve pesticide management  Considers pesticide management a part of chemical management as well as sustainable agricultural development

5. Although it is a voluntary instrument …  It represents solid international consensus among stakeholders  Many governments modelled their pesticide legislation on the Code of Conduct  NGOs use it as a guiding reference document  Key parts of the pesticide industry have declared adherence to the Code of Conduct.  It serves as the authorative reference for pesticide management to International Organizations, Development Banks and public interest groups

6. The Code of Conduct is supported by a number of Technical Guidelines  Provide further guidance on specific subjects, such as Legislation; Registration; Labelling; Use; etc.  Drawn up with support of an Expert Panel  Play an important role in shaping national regulatory & enforcement frameworks for the control of pesticides  Can be found on FAO website: http://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/core- themes/theme/pests/pm/code/guidelines/en/

7.  Basically provides the SAICM agenda for management of pesticides  Implementation of the Code of Conduct should therefore play a key role in SAICM implementation  Requires a proactive approach to fully involve the agricultural sector in the SAICM process Code of Conduct has a large overlap with SAICM Global Plan of Action

8. Current key areas of FAO work related to the implementation of the Code of Conduct Normative  Development of technical guidelines  JMPR; JMPS; JMPM  Development of a special initiative on pesticide risk reduction – Highly Hazardou Pesticides  Mainstreaming of IPM Field  Capacity building and technical assistance for Pesticides life cycle management  IPM capacity building

9. Rotterdam Convention cooperation in international trade of certain hazardous chemicals to protect human health and the environment Contribute to environmentally sound use of hazardous chemicals, through information exchange Providing for a national decision-making process on import and export

10. Pesticides in Annex III 2,4,5-T Aldrin Chlordane Chlordimeform Chlorobenzilate DDT Dieldrin Dinitro-ortho-cresol (DNOC) Dinoseb and its salts and esters 1,2-dibromoethane (EDB) Ethylene dichloride Ethylene oxide Fluoroacetamide HCH (mixed isomers) Heptachlor Hexachlorobenzene Lindane Mercury compounds Monocrotophos Parathion Pentachlorophenol Toxaphene Dustable powder formulations containing a combination of : benomyl at or above 7 per cent, carbofuran at above 10 per cent, thiram at or above 15 per cent Methamidophos (Soluble liquid formulations of the substance that exceed 600 g active ingredient/l) Phosphamidon Methyl-parathion) Tributyltin compounds

11. Roles of the secretariat Chemical Review Committee Conference of the Parties Consultation Capacity building Technical support to parties

12. http://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/core- themes/theme/pests/en/ WWW.PIC.INT Thank you for your attention