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Updated: 30-Mai-2005

73rd Annual General Session
of the International Committee
of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
22-27 May 2005

The 73rd Annual General Session of the International Committee of the World
Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), was held in Paris from 22 to 27 May
2005.
The General Session notably brings together representatives appointed by the
Governments of the 167 OIE Member Countries.
Approximately 700 participants representing the Member Countries,
intergovernmental organisations (FAO, WHO, World Bank, WTO etc.) and many
non-governmental organisations took part in the event. The Session was
honoured by the presence, alongside the President and the Director General, of high level political Authorities and numerous Ministers of Agriculture of OIE Member Countries.

The main points dealt with during the Session were as follows:
Election of the Director General: Dr Bernard Vallat was re-elected Director General of the OIE by Member Countries. He was given a new mandate for five years.
Within the framework of its usual standard-setting work, the Committee
adopted or updated international standards aimed at providing better
safeguards for the sanitary safety of world trade in terrestrial and
aquatic animals and their products.
Standards on animal welfare were adopted, (i.e. slaughter for human
consumption, land and sea transport of animals, and humane killing of
animals for disease control purposes). For the first time, an
organisation with a global mandate provides the international community
with standards in this field;
Special attention was given to updating the chapter on BSE in the
Terrestrial Animal Health Code. New scientific knowledge has been
incorporated leading to a new classification of the categories of BSE
status of Member Countries and to a new list of several animal products
without risks for consumers;

Also, a new chapter on avian influenza in the Terrestrial nimal Health
Code, was adopted, so as to improve transparency and control methods of
the disease, protection of human health and provide greater protection
for countries importing poultry and poultry products while eliminating
unjustified barriers to trade.

The worldwide zoosanitary situation has been examined in detail;

The OIE IVth Strategic Plan (for the period of 2005-2010) was adopted..
It goes over again the three priorities of the IIIrd Strategic Plan,
consolidating them:
- Transparency of the global animal disease situation
- Permanent elaboration of sanitary standards
- Prevention, control and eradication of animal diseases and zoonoses
worldwide
The plan also includes two further priorities:
- Development and influence of the OIE in the field of the design and
implementation of animal health related policies, as well as of
veterinary research and sanitary governance;
- Reinforcement of capacity building, notably of the veterinary services
in developing countries to allow them to better participate in the
global fight against diseases;
Two technical items were debated during the Session and gave rise to
Resolutions passed by the International Committee:
- Applications of genetic engineering for livestock and biotechnology
products
- Implementation of OIE standards in the framework of the Sanitary and
Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement

The high level of scientific expertise of the speakers and the quality of the debates that followed the presentation of each technical item will have served to promote the global application of concepts that are essential for improved control of animal diseases and zoonoses.

May 2005