report of INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION CONVENTION
(IPPC)
to the SPS Committee meeting on 14-16 July 2021
Communication from the IPPC secretariat
The following communication,
received on 19 June 2021, is being circulated at the request
of the International Plant Protection Convention secretariat (IPPC).
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1 The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-15, 2021)
1.1. The fifteenth meeting of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures
(CPM-15) was held virtually on 16 and 18 March and 1 April 2021. More than 350
participants from over 122 countries and 40 observer organizations attended
this first-ever virtual edition of the IPPC governing body, which contributed
to defining key priorities and actions for the plant health community in the
upcoming years.
1.2. The first historic virtual CPM-15 adopted the IPPC Strategic
Framework 2020-2030, eleven international standards for phytosanitary
measures (ISPMs) including phytosanitary treatments (PTs) and one CPM
recommendation. It also established three CPM Focus Groups on 1) Implementation
of the IPPC strategic framework 2020–2030 development agenda Items; 2) Communications;
and 3) Climate change impacts on plant health. The CPM agreed to an electronic
mechanism that seeks CPM concurrence electronically on decisions or issues that
the Chairperson of the CPM Bureau may consider sufficiently important or
sensitive to require CPM awareness and engagement (using a four-week silence
consent procedure). The meeting also endorsed Zambia's initiative to proclaim
the yearly observance of the international day of plant health (IDPH) on 12 May
and called upon contracting parties to support the process. The CPM-15 session
also witnessed the appointment of Mr Lucien Kouame Konan from Côte d'Ivoire and
Mr John Greifer from the United States of America as the CPM Chairperson and
Vice-Chairperson respectively, whose terms started immediately with the
conclusion of CPM-15.
1.3. Four CPM Bureau meetings were held in 2021 to ensure continuity of
IPPC work plan.
2 2021 Regional Workshops
2.1. The IPPC secretariat preparations for the 2021 IPPC regional
workshops are well advanced. This year the regional workshops will again be
held virtually. The IPPC secretariat has finalized the global agenda and
invitation letters are in the process of being sent out. Regional organizing
committees have been set up and tentative dates set and topics of interests for
the region selected. Tentative dates for these regional workshops are posted on
the IPP.[1]
Presentations for these regional workshops are being reviewed and translated,
once finalized they will be posted on the IPP.