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The 12th Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, Republic of Korea (Photo: CABI)

The 12^th Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures opened today in Incheon, Republic of Korea. This is significant as it is the first time that the event is being hosted outside of Rome by a member country of the International Plant Protection Convention. This year’s theme is “Plant Health and Trade Facilitation”, so this topic featured prominently during the opening remarks from Mr. Bong-Kyun Park, Commissioner of Animal and Plant Quarantine and Inspection (APQI), and in the keynote address by Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization.  Other topics under discussion on the first day of the CPM included proposals for dealing with emerging pest issues requiring global action; for building strategic partnerships with interested stakeholders such as industry groups; and for an ambitious new Strategic Framework for 2020 – 2030.
More information on the opening session for CPM-12 is available on the IPPC website: https://www.ippc.int/en/news/the-twelfth-session-of-the-commission-of-phytosanitary-measures-ceremoniously-opened-in-incheon-the-republic-of-korea/
Contributed by Melanie Bateman, CABI