AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN FAO COMMISSION FOR CONTROLLING THE DESERT LOCUST IN SOUTH-WEST ASIAAgreement for the Establishment of an Fao Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in South-West Asia • December 19th, 2016
Contract Type FiledDecember 19th, 2016A special FAO meeting of Member Nations directly affected by the desert locust in the Eastern Region of its distribution area in South-West Asia, held in Teheran, in October 1962, recommended that a regional commission for the control of the desert locust should be established for the region. This recommendation was confirmed by a second meeting of the Member Nations directly concerned (May 1963) and by the FAO Desert Locust Control Committee at its Eighth Session in May 1963.