Report of the 9th FAO/WHO joint meeting on pesticide management, 12–16 October 2015 Nanjing, China
Overview
The 9th FAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Management (JMPM) was hosted by the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA) of the People’s Republic of China, at the Jiangsu Yishiyuan Hotel in Nanjing, China from 12 to 16 October 2015. This was the first JMPM meeting to be held outside the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), and the first to include a day-long field trip to allow the meeting participants to observe practices and share experiences with local experts.
The JMPM was established in 2007 following the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding between FAO and WHO on cooperation in a joint programme for the sound management of pesticides. Since its inception, the JMPM has consisted of members drawn from the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Management and the WHO Panel of Experts on Vector Biology and Control. The JMPM held its first session in 2007. The JMPM advises FAO and WHO on the implementation of the FAO/WHO International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management and on matters pertaining to pesticide regulation and management, alerting them to new developments, problems or issues that merit attention.
Panel members invited to the JMPM are selected for their personal expertise and experience in specific aspects of pesticide management in both agriculture and public health. They do not represent the position of the governments or institutions they may belong to, but are appointed to the respective Panels in their personal capacity by either FAO or WHO. All Panel members are asked to declare any interests that could affect their opinion or advice. In addition to Panel members, representatives from intergovernmental organizations, pesticide industry associations and nongovernmental organizations, which by their nature have interests, attend the open sessions of the meeting as observers. The latter may be invited to provide their views, but are excluded from decision taking.