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Risks associated with the use of pesticides are
multifaceted and there is no single effective approach to their
resolution. To find effective solutions, it is important that activities
be considered in the context of an overall programme of crop protection
and government policy with respect to pesticide use. The International
Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides was elaborated
and contained voluntary standards of conduct to be used, as a point
of reference for national legislation.
Furthermore, other international policy instruments were adopted to address
one or more aspects of the pesticide life-cycle. These
include the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues of the Codex
Alimentarius, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete
the Ozone Layer, the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary
Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, the Rotterdam
Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous
Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, and the Stockholm
Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
FAO is actively involved in helping countries establish and
strengthen their plant protection capabilities, advising on organisation
and management, providing operational guidelines and training scientific
and technical personnel. On Pest Management, Plant Protection Service (AGPP) supports the establishment of Integrated Pest Management Programmes. including the application of Biological Control and weed management.
In this context of identifying plant protection policy in the region, the Food and Agriculture Organization Regional Office in The Near East elaborated and sent a questionnaire to each of the RNE countries in October 2003. The questionnaire tackles the implementation of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides, the implementation of international policy instruments related to the management of pesticides for the protection of environment and human health; and the actual pesticide consumption in each country. The questionnaire is a part of the third stage in the FAO efforts to follow up plant protection policy in the world including NE Region. This database covers the responses received from 17 countries, i.e., Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, I. R., Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritania,
Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
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