The Conference of the Parties

Noting the priority areas for action recognized in decision SC-11/17, on the effectiveness evaluation, as they relate to DDT,

1. Takes note of the report by the DDT expert group on the assessment of the production and use of DDT and its alternatives for disease vector control, including the conclusions and recommendations set out therein; the report on the first set of consultations under the intersessional process of consultations with the 18 Parties in the DDT register on a possible phase-out plan; the report by the United Nations Environment Programme on the implementation of the road map for the development of alternatives to DDT and of the Global Alliance for the Development and Deployment of Products, Methods and Strategies as Alternatives to DDT for Disease Vector Control; and the World Health Organization Guidelines for Malaria;