Third Interim Steering Committee Meeting on the Global Alliance for the Development and Deployment of Alternatives to DDT for Disease Vector Control

Third Meeting of the Interim Steering Committee of the Global Alliance for the development and deployment of alternatives to DDT for disease vector control
Bonn, Germany, 15 – 16 March 2011

Opening of the meeting
1. The third meeting of the Interim Steering Committee of the Global Alliance for the development and deployment of alternatives to DDT for disease vector control was held at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) in Bonn, Germany, from 15 to 16 March, 2011.

Third Meeting of the Interim Steering Committee of the Global Alliance for the development and deployment of alternatives to DDT for disease vector control
Bonn, Germany, 15 – 16 March 2011

Background
The global alliance for the development and deployment of products, methods and strategies as alternatives to DDT for disease vector control was endorsed by the Conference of the Parties at its fourth meeting (Decision SC4/2) as described in the business plan (UNEP/POPS/COP.4/6/Rev.1).

The global alliance for the development and deployment of products, methods and strategies as alternatives to DDT for disease vector control was endorsed by the Conference of the Parties at its fourth meeting (Decision SC4/2) as described in the business plan (UNEP/POPS/COP.4/6/Rev.1).

Opening of the meeting
2. Organizational matters:
(a) Election of co-chairs;
(b) Adoption of the agenda;