The second Assembly of the Global Alliance for the Development and Deployment of Products, Methods and Strategies as Alternatives to DDT for Disease Vector Control was held in Geneva International Conference Centre in Geneva, Switzerland, on 7 May 2013 from 18.15 to 21.00. The meeting was held as an evening side event to the Ordinary and Extraordinary Meetings of The Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions. The meeting was organized by the Secretariat of the Global Alliance, which is hosted by the Chemicals Branch, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).