Welcomes the establishment by the Director-General of FAO of the Screw-worm Emergency Centre for North Africa, which will co-ordinate an eradication campaign among donors, affected countries and regional and other international organizations; urges FAO to strengthen its coordination mechanisms and its technical and field operation support to countries for such a campaign aimed at eliminating the screw-worm from North Africa, the Mediterranean parts of Europe and the Near East, through use of the sterile insect technique, which is the only technique available and proved for the purpose; encourages funding agencies and the donor community to support an eradication programme; invites the Director-General of FAO to submit to the Economic and Social Council at its 2nd regular session of 1991 an up-to-date report on the screw-worm infestation and efforts undertaken to eradicate it.

Adopted without vote, 36th meeting

Adopted at the 36th plenary meeting, 26 July 1990.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its 2nd regular session of 1990, Geneva, 4-27 July 1990. - E/1990/INF/8. - 15 Aug. 1990. - p. 23. - Issued in ESCOR, 1990, Suppl. no. 1 and 1A.