Stockholm Convention | 8th Expert Group Meeting on DDT | 13 November 2020

Meeting objectives: 

(*) Undertake a situational analysis on the production and use of DDT and the conditions for such use;

(*) Evaluate the availability, suitability and implementation of alternative products, methods and strategies for Parties using DDT;

(*) Evaluate the progress in strengthening the capacity of countries to shift in a safe fashion to reliable or suitable alternative products, methods and strategies based on a review of the opportunities and needs in countries for sustainable transition;

(*) Make recommendations to the Conference of the Parties on the continued need for DDT for disease vector control and on any actions deemed necessary to reduce the reliance on DDT in the light of the above assessments.

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