On 29 June 2010, an FAO Specialist, Richard Thompson, will present the situation of obsolete pesticides during a mini-hearing onobsolete pesticides in Eastern European Countries, the Caucasus and Central Asian countries. The event is organized by Mrs. Ria Oomen-Ruijten and Mrs. Esther de Lange (Members of the European Parliament). It will be held at the European Parliament (Room A3E-2 from 14h to 17h). The recent developments of extremely dangerous situations in Ukraine, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan will provide an opportunity to discuss common strategies for a structural plan to solve the obsolete pesticides problem in the coming decade in the region.
For more information, please contact the FAO Brussels office +32 2 20 40 740.
