2 October, 2015 – the Fourth International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM4) in Geneva has recognized highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) as an “issue of concern”, acknowledging that HHPs cause severe adverse effects on both human health and the environment. ICCM4 also emphasized the need to promote agroecological alternatives to chemical pesticide use.

The Arab Network for Food Sovereignty (ANFS) supported the campaign run by Pesticide Action Network (PAN), IPEN and the international labour movement by gathering 49 signatures from our region for an open letter calling on governments to stop production and use of HHPs in order "to protect our children and the succeeding generations from an impending toxic tragedy.”