Geneva, Switzerland from 05 November to 08 November 2024

Venue: International Environment House - I (IEH-I), 11-13 Chemin des Anémones, Châtelaine, Geneva, Switzerland

 

Highlights: DDT is listed in Annex B of the Stockholm Convention with its uses in disease vector control as an acceptable purpose in accordance with Part II of Annex B of the Convention. The DDT expert group is established by the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (COP) to assess, every two years, the available scientific, technical, environmental and economic information related to production and use of DDT for consideration by the COP in its evaluation of continued need for DDT for disease vector control. The meeting was partly funded by the European Union.

 

The eleventh meeting of the COP concluded that countries that are relying on DDT for disease vector control may need to continue such use until locally appropriate and cost-effective alternatives are available for a sustainable transition away from DDT, and decided to evaluate the continued need for DDT for disease vector control including that provided by the DDT expert group, at its twelfth meeting of the COP.12 in 2025, with the objective of accelerating the identification and development of locally appropriate, cost-effective and safe alternatives.

 

Working Language: English

 

 

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.

Target audience: Members of the DDT expert group.