Date:          Monday, 12^th April, 2021

Time:         09:30 – 12:30 hours

14:00 - 16:00 hours

Venue:       Virtual Meeting

1) Credentials of Delegates and Apologies

2) Adoption of the Agenda

3) Welcome Remarks by the Chairperson

4) Consideration of the Minutes and Matters arising from the Minutes of the FANR Standing Committee virtual meeting held on Wednesday, 11^th November, 2020

5) Consideration of the Concept Note for the proposed theme for the Standing Committee on FANR ‘Harnessing Domestic Tourism During Pandemics: A Case of the COVID 19 Pandemic. The Role of Parliaments’

6) Any Other Business

ANNOTATED AGENDA

ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATIONADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

Members are invited to consider and adopt the draft Agenda presented to the Committee.

CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES AND MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES OF THE FANR STANDING COMMITTEE VIRTUAL MEETING HELD ON 11 NOVEMBER, 2021

Members may recall that at the last virtual meeting held on 11 November, 2020, the Committee considered and made recommendations as outlined below.

THE IMPACT OF AFRICAN MIGRATORY LOCUST ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

Among other recommendations, the Committee urged SADC Member States to work closely with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO-UN), Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat, International Red Locust Control Organisation for Central and Southern Africa (IRLCO-CSA0 and other institutions to strengthen the existing linkages to ensure effective and timely collective action in managing the AML and other pests that threatened the food security of Southern Africa.  The Committee further recommended that Member Parliaments should advocate and lobby respective Governments to adequately fund and build the capacity of institutions mandated to deal with the control of the of the African Migratory Locusts.

In addition, the Committee had urged Member States to adopt integrated pest management systems in managing the locusts in order to effectively control the further spread of the pests. With regard the adverse environmental effects, the Committee recommended that Member States should periodically carry out environmental impact assessments in order to ascertain the environmental damage that may occur as a result of the use of the chemical pesticides in pest control of the African Migratory Locust.

 CONSIDERATION OF THE CONCEPT NOTE FOR THE PROPOSED THEME FOR THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON FANR

The Committee is invited to consider and approve the proposed theme namely: ‘Harnessing Domestic Tourism During Pandemics: A Case of the COVID 19 Pandemic. The Role of Parliaments’

In order to gain insight on the subject matter, the Committee will receive presentations from the United Nations World Tourism Organisation Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa and Southern African Development Community.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Annotated Agenda - Standing Committee on FANR