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G/SPS/GEN/1164 
3 July 2012 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French/  Spanish 
 
  
RELEVANT ACTIVITIES 
 
Communication from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) 
   The following communication, received on 29 June 2012, is being circulated at the request of 
the OIE. 
 
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  The World Organisation for Animal Health (O IE) is pleased to provide this report for 
information of WTO Members attending the 54
th meeting of the SPS Committee. 
 I. 80
TH GENERAL SESSION 
1. On 20-25 May 2012 the OIE held its 80th General Session. More than 600 participants 
representing OIE members and intergovernmental, regional and national orga nisations attended the 
meeting.  The Final Report of the 80th General Session is available on the OIE website 
(http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/Home/eng/About_us/docs/pdf/A_FR_2012_Public.pdf ). 
1. Standard setting activities of the OIE  
2. The OIE adopted updated texts in its norma tive publications, including 30 new or revised 
chapters in the Terrestrial Animal Health  Code (Terrestrial Code ) and 41 new or revised chapters in 
the Aquatic Animal Health Code .  Important chapters relevant to this Committee include: 
(a) Terrestrial Animal Health Code: 
(i) Criteria for the inclusion of diseases, infections  and infestations on the OIE list (chapter 1.2.) 
3. Major revision was made to the chapter that defines the OIE criteria for listing diseases, 
infections and infestations.  The revised criteria now include consideration of impacts on wildlife as 
part of OIE's "One Health" approach. An expert meeting will be convened to  review the existing OIE 
listed diseases against the revised criteria. 
(ii) Veterinary legislation (Chapter 3.4.) 
4. The purpose of this newly adopted chapter is to provide advice and assistance to OIE 
members when formulating or modernizing veterinary legislation so as to comply with OIE standards, 
thus ensuring good governance of the entire veterinary domain. G/SPS/GEN/1164 
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  (iii) Chapters on antimicrobial resistance (Chapters 6.7. and 6.8.) 
5. These two chapters were updated taking into account recent developments on antimicrobial 
resistance monitoring in food producing animals. 
(iv) Infection with Rabies virus (Chapter 8.10.) 
6. The revised chapter clarifies the rabies case de finition, and focuses on rabies risk mitigation 
for human and animal health, and prevention of  the international spread of the disease. 
(v) Infection with African horse sickness virus (Chapter 12.1.) 
7. This chapter was revised to include AHS as one of the diseases for which OIE provides 
official disease status recognition.  The questionna ire for applicants seeking OIE AHS disease status 
evaluation is now included in the Chapter on procedures for official recognition by the OIE 
(Chapter 1.6.). 
(b) Aquatic Animal Health Code: 
(i) Communication (Chapter 3.2.) 
8. A new chapter on Communication was adopted fo r Aquatic Animal Health Services that 
aligns with the Communication chapter in the Terrestrial Code . 
(ii) Chapters on antimicrobial resistance (Chapters 6.4. and 6.5.) 
9. These new chapters on antimicrobial resistance ar e based on the work of an expert group and 
align with the antimicrobial resistance chapters in the Terrestrial Code . 
2. National and International Experiences and Ro les in previous and future Developments 
in the "One Health" approach (Technical Item) 
10. The concept of "One Health" captures in one sh ort phrase the understanding that we have had 
for more than a century – the health of human a nd animals are interdependent, and linked to the 
ecosystems in which they coexist. Within "One Health", the control of diseases at the animal–human–
ecosystem interface is important. 
11. Based on the response to the questionnaires distri buted to the OIE member countries prior to 
the 80th General Session, it was shown that while mo st Veterinary Services place a high priority on 
taking a "One Health" approach to relevant to pics, there are several barriers to effective 
implementation of this approach, including lack of resources, and limited capacity to develop and 
implement programmes with partners in different sectors. 
12. The World Assembly of Delegates (the Asse mbly) adopted a resolution recommending that 
the OIE continuously support its members to foster adequate capacity for the effective application of 
"One Health" approaches (Annex 1). 
3. Official OIE recognition of the sanitary status and control programmes for FMD of 
members 
13. The OIE evaluates and provides official rec ognition of disease status for foot and mouth 
disease (FMD), contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) and bovine spong iform encephalopathy 
(BSE).  Following the adoption of Resolution No. 19 at the 79th General Session, the OIE now has a  G/SPS/GEN/1164 
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  procedure in place to evaluate official FMD c ontrol programmes.  Under this new procedure the 
Assembly this year endorsed the official cont rol programmes for FMD of Algeria, Morocco and 
Tunisia.  
14. The official recognition for African horse sic kness will start just after the Assembly. 
15. The full list of countries and their recognised disease status for FMD, CBPP and BSE is 
attached in Annex 2. 
4. The OIE Role in Maintaining World Freedom from Rinderpest 
16. Following the Declaration of Global Freedom  from Rinderpest in 2011, the Assembly 
identified the importance of reducing existing rinder pest virus stocks through safe destruction of 
remaining virus stocks or transfer of virus stocks to internationally recognised reference institutions.  
They also identified a clear need for transparency of information on remaining stocks of virus, 
vaccines and research projects that include manipulation of the virus. 
17. The Assembly, therefore, recommended that OIE complete the necessary revisions to the 
relevant chapters of the Terrestrial Code , and requested that OIE accelerate the process of virus 
sequestration and destruction under the guidance of the joint FAO/OIE advisory committee on 
rinderpest (Annex 3). 
II. CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES 
1. OIE PVS Pathway 
18. The OIE continues its global initiative to support member countries wishing to comply with 
quality standards of national Veterinary Services and Aquatic Animal Health Services (AAHS) by 
following the PVS Pathway. 
19. In July 2012, an expert group w ill be convened to update the OIE PVS Tool  including list of 
critical competencies and indicators to be used (last revised in 2010). 
20. With the objective of encouraging member count ries to strengthen programmes for the health 
of aquatic animals and the safety of their produc ts, the OIE will convene a new PVS expert group in 
August 2012, with the task of re viewing the competencies in the PVS Tool  for relevance to aquatic 
animal health. 
21. The state of play of OIE members' engagement in the PVS Pathway can be found in Annex 4.  
2. Good Governance and Veterinary Education 
22. Veterinary education of quality is the corner stone of good governance of  Veterinary Services 
(both public and private sector).  The OIE, in cl ose collaboration with national leaders and decision 
makers on veterinary education and relevant regional and intern ational organisations, continues 
working improve the quality of veterinary education globally.  At the 80th General Session the 
Assembly expressed its ongoing support for the OIE´s work in this area and, notably, mandated the 
OIE to develop a basic/minimum curriculum for veterinarians (Annex 5) G/SPS/GEN/1164 
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  23. The OIE encourages all interested parties to review the publication "Minimum Competencies 
expected of Day 1 Veterinary Graduates to assu re delivery of high qualit y National Veterinary 
Services", which is available on the OIE website ("http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/Home/eng/Interna tiona_Standard_Setting/docs/pdf/AF-DAYONE-B-
ang-sin.pdf ").  
24. As an adjunct to its established SPS capacity  building activities, the OIE is developing 
Guidelines on "Twinning" veterinary education establishments in developed and developing 
countries, with the objective of strengt hening national veterinary services.  
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  ANNEX 1 
RESOLUTION No. 27 
The "One Health" Approach to Address Health Risks 
at the Animal-Human-Ecosystem Interface 
 
 
CONSIDERING THAT 
1. The concept of "One Health" is necessarily broa d and flexible, as it is intended to encompass 
the many facets of the relationships between humans, animals, and the ecosystems in which they co-exist. Within "One Health" the cont rol of diseases at the an imal-human-ecosystem 
interface is important; 
2. The health of humans and animals is interli nked, and that both populations affect and are 
affected by the environment in which they co-exist; 
3. A majority of existing and emerging human inf ectious diseases are caused by pathogens that 
also affect animals;  
4. Good governance underpins the prevention, surv eillance, timely detection, transparent 
notification and rapid response to animal diseases,  and also to animal-related threats including 
zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance and those that may have an impact on human health through food security and food safety; 
5. Control of zoonotic diseases, including those cau sed by foodborne pathogens, at their source 
has the greatest benefit for human and animal popul ations and that Veterinary Services are in 
the frontline to achieve this objective; 
6. The concept or practice of "One Health" reflect s the intersectoral collaborative approach to 
protecting animal, human and environmental health and includes the collaboration among 
stakeholders, institutions and systems at all le vels that support positive health outcomes;  
7. Animal production contributes in important ways to food security and human health through 
nutrition and poverty reduction; and furthermor e that emerging, re-emerging, and endemic 
diseases of animals can have additional implica tions for human health through food security 
and safety concerns;  
8. OIE Member Countries recognise that the achievement of major public health outcomes 
through the protection and promotion of animal health is a fundamental part of competent 
Veterinary Services; 
9. Zoonotic diseases, especially rabies, and other i ssues, such as antimicrobial resistance, are 
recognised as a high priority by OIE Member Countries for which "One Health" approaches should be taken; 
10. Member Countries reported that guidance on intersectoral collaboration and capacity building 
on implementing intersectoral approaches is needed; 
11. OIE Member Countries endorsed the OIE Fifth Strategic Plan (2011–2015), in which the 
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  the animal humanecosystem interface was a new major element, and mandated the OIE to 
implement this plan; 
THE ASSEMBLY 
RECOMMENDS THAT 
1. The Director General and the OIE Delegat es advocate to governments and regional and 
international organisations for the fundamental ro le of Veterinary Services in the protection of 
animal, human and ecosystem health and the application of "One Health" approaches. 
2. The OIE continue its initiative of evaluating Ve terinary Services through the application of 
the PVS tool, the PVS gap analysis and PVS follow up evaluations to further strengthen the 
ability of OIE Member Countries to practise good veterinary governance. 
3. The OIE promote activities to build trust am ong the concerned professions, institutions and 
individuals and encourage a deeper understandi ng of the cultural and ethical challenges to 
collaboration. 
4. The OIE standards and guidance provide suppor t for Member Countries to implement "One 
Health" approaches, and that the OIE work through its Specialist Commissions, Working 
Groups, and ad hoc  Groups to review existing standards and develop evidence-based 
guidance on issues related to health risks at the animal humanecosystem interface. 
5. The Director General encourage relevant OIE Reference Centres to further develop the "One 
Health" concept and approaches to animal disease detection, prevention and control, 
including economic studies, and further deve lop and provide capacity building programmes 
on implementing "One Health" approaches. 
6. The OIE maintain and expand training and capac ity building in the area of "One Health", 
including components within the PVS Pathway,  to strengthen the skills of and provide 
information to OIE Delegates, national focal points, and Veterinary Services in general. 
7. The Director General continue to work clo sely with the World Health Organization to 
negotiate and ensure harmonisation of the OIE international guidance and standards for good 
governance of Veterinary Services with guidance from WHO for good governance of human health services, and with other international organisations providing guidance relevant to 
good governance of ecosystems. 
8. Veterinary and medical institutions and faculti es worldwide be encouraged to incorporate 
relevant "One Health" approaches within th eir undergraduate and postgraduate curricula, 
including within continuing pr ofessional education programmes. 
9. The FAO/OIE/WHO Tripartite Concept Note be used as a basis for the cooperation of the 
OIE with WHO and FAO, and this also serve as  a framework for the work of the OIE with 
other key partners such as the World Bank and European Union, civil society, the private 
sector and the many other supporters of the "One Health" approach.  G/SPS/GEN/1164 
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  10. The OIE and Member Countries consider rabies as a model for the application of the 
principles of the "One Health" approach and identify the control of dog rabies as a "One 
Health" priority in the context of implemen tation of the OIE Fifth Strategic Plan (2011–
2015). 
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(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates of the OIE on 24 May 2012) G/SPS/GEN/1164 
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  ANNEX 2 
 
RESOLUTION No. 14 
Recognition of the Foot and Mouth Disease Status of Member Countries 
 
 
CONSIDERING THAT 
1. During the 62nd General Session, the OIE Wo rld Assembly of Delegates (Assembly) 
established a procedure for annually updating a list of Member Countries and zones 
recognised as free from foot and mouth diseas e (FMD) according to the provisions of the 
Terrestrial Animal Health Code (Terrestrial Code ), 
2. During the 76th General Session, the Assemb ly adopted Resolution No. XXII, which 
specified and updated the procedure for Member  Countries to follow to achieve official 
recognition and maintenance of status for certain animal diseases,  
3. During the 76th General Session, the Assemb ly adopted Resolution No. XXIII, which 
specified the financial implications for Member Countries applying for evaluation of official 
recognition or re-instatement of disease status to meet part of the costs defrayed by the OIE in 
the evaluation process, 
4. Information published by the OIE is derived from declarations made by the OIE Delegate of 
Member Countries. The OIE is not responsible  for publication and maintenance of Member 
Countries or zonal disease free status based on inaccurate information or non-reporting of 
changes in epidemiological status or other si gnificant events subsequent to the time of 
declaration of freedom from FMD. 
THE ASSEMBLY 
RESOLVES THAT 1. The Director General publish the following list of Member Countries r ecognised as FMD free 
where vaccination is not practised, according to the provisions of Chapter 8.5. of the Terrestrial 
Code:  
Albania 
Australia Austria Belarus 
Belgium 
Belize Bosnia and Herzegovina Brunei Canada 
Chile 
Costa Rica Croatia Cuba  El Salvador 
Estonia Finland Former Yug. Rep. 
of Macedonia  
France Germany Greece Guatemala 
Guyana 
Haiti Honduras Hungary  Japan 
Latvia Lesotho Lithuania 
Luxembourg 
Madagascar Malta Mauritius Mexico 
Montenegro 
Netherlands New Caledonia  New Zealand  Portugal 
Romania San Marino Serbia
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Singapore 
Slovakia Slovenia Spain Swaziland 
Sweden 
Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom  
                                                      
 1 Excluding Kosovo administer ed by the United Nations.  G/SPS/GEN/1164 
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  Cyprus 
Czech Rep. Denmark Dominican Republic Iceland 
Indonesia Ireland Italy Nicaragua 
Norway Panama Poland  United States of 
America Vanuatu 
2. The Director General publish the following Me mber Countries recognised as FMD free where 
vaccination is practised, according to th e provisions of Chapter 8.5. of the Terrestrial Code : 
Uruguay. 
3. The Director General publish the following lis t of Member Countries having FMD free zones2 
where vaccination is not practised, according to the provisions of Chapter 8.5. of the 
Terrestrial Code : 
Argentina: zone designated by the Delegate of Argentina in a document addressed to the 
Director General in January 2007; 
Bolivia: zone in the Macro-region of the Altiplano designated by the Delegate of 
Bolivia in documents addressed to the Director General in November 2011; 
Botswana: one zone designated by the Delegate of Botswana in documents addressed to 
the Director General in November 2010, with the exclusion of the 
containment zone as designated by the Delegate of Botswana in a document 
addressed to the Director General in September 2011; 
Brazil: State of Santa Catarina designated by the Delegate of Brazil in a document 
addressed to the Director General in February 2007; 
Colombia: one zone designated by the Delegate of Colombia in documents addressed to 
the Director General in November 1995 and in April 1996 (Area I - 
Northwest region of Choco Department),  
 one zone designated by th e Delegate of Colombia in documents addressed to 
the Director General in January 2008 (Archipelago de San Andres and 
Providencia); 
Malaysia: zone covering th e provinces of Sabah and Sarawak as designated by the 
Delegate of Malaysia in a document addressed to the Director General in 
December 2003; 
Moldova: zone designated by the Delegate of Moldova in a document addressed to the 
Director General in July 2008; 
Namibia: zone designated by the Delegate of Namibia in a document addressed to the 
Director General in February 1997; 
Peru: one zone consisting of two merged zones as designated by the Delegate of 
Peru in two documents addressed to th e Director General in December 2004 
and in January 2007; 
                                                      
  2 For detailed information on the delimitation of zone s of Member Countries recognised as FMD free, 
enquiries should be addressed to th e Director General of the OIE.  G/SPS/GEN/1164 
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  Philippines: one zone on the islands of Mi ndanao designated by the Delegate of the 
Philippines in a document addressed to th e Director General in August 2000,  
 one zone consisting of the islands of Visayas and the provinces of Palawan 
and Masbate, as designated by the Dele gate of the Philippines in a document 
addressed to the Director General in August 2000 and December 2001,  
 three separate zones located on the Island of Luzon as designated by the 
Delegate of the Philippines in a document addressed to the Director General in December 2009 and November 2010; 
4. The Director General publish the following lis t of Member Countries having FMD free zones
3 
where vaccination is practised, according to the provisions of Chapter 8.5. of the Terrestrial 
Code : 
Argentina: two separate zones designated by  the Delegate of Argentina in documents 
addressed to the Director General in March 2007 and in August 2010; 
Bolivia: zone of Chiquitania designated by  the Delegate of Bolivia in documents 
addressed to the Director General in  January 2003 a nd in March 2007, 
 zone adjacent to the east of Chiquita nia designated by the Delegate of Bolivia 
in documents addressed to the Director General in August 2010; 
Brazil: five separate zones designated by  the Delegate of Brazil in documents 
addressed to the Director General as follows:  
 zone covering the territory of State of  Rio Grande do Sul (documentation of 
September 1997),  
 zone consisting of State of Rond ônia (documentation of December 2002), 
State of Acre along with two adjacen t municipalities of State of Amazonas 
(documentation of March 2004) and an extension of this zone into the 
territory of State of Amazonas ( documentation of December 2010),  
 zone consisting of the middle southern part of State of Pará (documentation 
of February 2007), States of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Sergipe, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato  Grosso, Paraná, São Paulo, parts of 
State of Bahia, parts of State of Tocantins (documentation of May 2008), and the zone in State of Mato Grosso do Sul (documentation of July 2008),  
 zone in State of Mato Grosso do Sul (documentation of August 2010),  
 zone located in States of Bahia and Tocantins (documentation of 
 December 2010); 
Colombia: one zone consisting of five merged zones designated by the Delegate of 
Colombia in documents addressed to the Director General in January 2003, in 
December 2004 (two zones), in January 2007 and in January 2009; 
                                                      
  3 For detailed information on the delimitation of zone s of Member Countries recognised as FMD free, 
enquiries should be addressed to th e Director General of the OIE.   G/SPS/GEN/1164 
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  AND 
5. The Delegates of these Member Countries sha ll immediately notify the Headquarters if FMD 
occurs in their countries or zones within their territories. 
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(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates of the OIE on 22 May 2012)  G/SPS/GEN/1164 
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  ANNEX 2 (con't) 
RESOLUTION No. 15 
 
Endorsement of Official Control Programmes for Foot and Mouth Disease of  
Member Countries 
 
 
CONSIDERING THAT 
1. During the 79th General Session, the OIE World Assembly of Delegates (Assembly) adopted 
Resolution No. 19 establishing a new step in the procedure for recognizing the foot and 
mouth disease (FMD) status of a Member Country, namely the endorsement by the OIE of a 
national official control programme for FMD bei ng in compliance with the provisions of the 
chapter on FMD in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (Terrestrial Code ), 
2. During the 79th General Session, the Assembly  adopted Resolution No. 20, which specified 
the financial implications for Member Countries applying for endorsement of their official 
control programme for FMD to meet part of the costs defrayed by the OIE in the evaluation 
process, 
3. Information published by the OIE is derived from declarations made by the OIE Delegate of 
Member Countries. The OIE is not responsible  for publication and maintenance of Member 
Countries with an endorsed official contro l programme for FMD based on inaccurate 
information or non-reporting of significant ch anges in the implementation of relevant 
measures in the Member Country subsequent to  the time of endorseme nt of the official 
control programme for FMD. 
THE ASSEMBLY RESOLVES THAT The Director General publish the following list of Me mber Countries with endorsed official control 
programme for FMD, according to the provisions of Chapter 8.5. of the Terrestrial Code: 
 Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. 
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(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates of the OIE on 22 May 2012)  G/SPS/GEN/1164 
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  ANNEX 2 (con't) 
RESOLUTION No. 16 
Recognition of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Risk Status of Member Countries 
  
CONSIDERING THAT 
 1. During the 67th General Session the OIE World Assembly of Delegates (Assembly) 
established a procedure for annually updating a lis t of Member Countries, categorised by their 
bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) ri sk according to the provisions of the Terrestrial 
Animal Health Code  (Terrestrial Code ),  
2. During the 76th General Session, the Assemb ly adopted Resolution No. XXII, which 
specified and updated the procedure for Member  Countries to follow to achieve official 
recognition and maintenance of status of certain diseases, 
3. During the 76th General Session, the Assemb ly adopted Resolution No. XXIII, which 
specified the financial implications for Member Countries applying for evaluation of official 
recognition or re-instatement of a BSE risk stat us to meet part of the costs defrayed by the 
OIE in the evaluation process, 
4. Information published by the OIE is derived from declarations made by the OIE Delegate of 
Member Countries. The OIE is not responsible  for publication and maintenance of Member 
Countries disease status based on inaccurate in formation or non-reporting of changes in 
epidemiological status or other significant events  subsequent to the time of declaration of the 
BSE risk status. 
THE ASSEMBLY RESOLVES THAT 1. The Director General publish the following lis t of Member Countries recognised as having a 
negligible BSE risk in accordan ce with Chapter 11.5. of the Terrestrial Code : 
Argentina 
Australia Austria Belgium Brazil 
Chile 
Colombia Denmark  
Finland Iceland India New Zealand 
Norway 
Panama Paraguay 
Peru Singapore Sweden Uruguay 
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  2. The Director General publish the following lis t of Member Countries recognised as having a 
controlled BSE risk in accordan ce with Chapter 11.5. of the Terrestrial Code : 
Canada 
Chinese Taipei Croatia 
Cyprus 
Czech Republic Estonia France Germany  
Greece 
Hungary Ireland 
Italy Japan 
Korea (Rep. of) 
Latvia Lichtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg 
Malta  
Mexico Netherlands 
Nicaragua Poland 
Portugal 
Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Switzerland 
United Kingdom 
United States of America 
AND 3. The Delegates of these Member Countries shall immediately notify the Headquarters if BSE 
occurs in their countries or their territories. 
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 (Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates of the OIE on 22 May 2012)   G/SPS/GEN/1164 
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  ANNEX 2 (con't) 
RESOLUTION No. 17 
Recognition of the Contagious Bovine Pleuro pneumonia Disease Status of Member Countries 
  
CONSIDERING THAT 
1. During the 71st General Session, the OIE World Assembly of Delegates (Assembly) 
established a procedure for annually updating a list of Member Countries and zones, 
recognised as free from contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) according to the provisions of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code  (Terrestrial Code ), 
2. During the 76th General Session, the Assemb ly adopted Resolution No. XXII, which 
specified and updated the procedure for Member  Countries to follow to achieve official 
recognition and maintenance of status for certain diseases,  
3. During the 76th General Session, the Assemb ly adopted Resolution No. XXIII, which 
specified the financial implications for Member Countries applying for evaluation of official 
recognition or re-instatement of disease status to meet part of the costs defrayed by the OIE in 
the evaluation process, 
4. Information published by the OIE is derived from declarations made by the OIE Delegate of 
Member Countries. The OIE is not responsible  for publication and maintenance of Member 
Countries or zonal disease free status based on inaccurate information or non-reporting of 
changes in epidemiological status or other si gnificant events subsequent to the time of 
declaration of freedom from CBPP. 
 THE ASSEMBLY 
RESOLVES THAT 1. The Director General publish the following list of Member Countries recognised as free from 
CBPP according to the provisions of the Chapter 11.8. of the Terrestrial Code : 
Australia 
Botswana China (People's Republic of) India 
Portugal Switzerland 
United States of America 
 
 AND 
2. The Delegates of these Member Countries shall immediately notify the Headquarters if CBPP 
occurs in their countries. 
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(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates of the OIE on 22 May 2012) G/SPS/GEN/1164 
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  ANNEX 3 
 
RESOLUTION No. 33 
The OIE Role in Maintaining World Freedom from Rinderpest 
 
 
CONSIDERING 
1. The adoption by the World Assembly of Delegate s of Resolution No. 18 on the Declaration of 
Global Freedom from rinderpest in May 2011;  
2. The need for the internationa l community and national authorities to take the necessary 
measures to ensure that the world remains free from rinderpest;  
3. The importance of reducing existing rinderpest viru s stocks through the destruction of virus in 
a safe manner and/or the transfer of virus st ocks to internationally recognised reference 
institutions;  
4. That OIE has engaged with FAO in establis hing a joint rinderpest advisory committee to 
provide technical advice to inform and oversee post-rinderpest eradication activities; 
5. The clear need for transparency on information about remaining stocks of virus, vaccines and 
research involving manipulation of the virus; 
6. That further revision of Terrestrial Animal Health Code Chapter 8.12 addressing these points 
was announced at the 79th General Session and th at a revised text is urgently needed; 
7. That revision of the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals  
Chapter 2.1.15 addressing diagnosis of rinderpest  has been completed and adopted at the 80
th 
OIE General Session (2012); 
THE ASSEMBLY RECOMMENDS 1. That the relevant OIE Specialist Commissions  complete the necessary revisions to the 
relevant chapters of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code  and that these texts be submitted to 
the Assembly for consideration at the 81
st OIE General Session. 
2. That a limited number of OIE Reference Laborator ies be appointed with an even geographical 
distribution. 
3. That the OIE Reference Laboratory network provides services to OIE Member Countries to 
assist with destruction and/or sequestration of remaining stocks of rinderpest virus and that 
this network ensures global preparedness, surv eillance and investigation of, and response to, 
suspect cases.  G/SPS/GEN/1164 
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  REQUESTS THE DIRECTOR GENERAL 
1. To accelerate the process of virus sequestration a nd destruction under the guidance of the new 
joint FAO/OIE advisory committee on rinderpest and the implementation of all activities specified in Resolution No. 18 adopted at the OIE General Session in May 2011,  
2. To seek resources necessary to support all activiti es specified in this and Resolution No. 18.  
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(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates of the OIE on 25 May 2012) 
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  ANNEX 4 
 
PVS Evaluations – State of Play up to 20 June 2012 
 
 
 
OIE 
members PVS 
Evaluation 
requests 
received PVS 
Evaluation 
missions 
implemented Draft PVS 
Evaluation 
reports 
received Reports 
available 
for 
(restricted) 
distribution 
to donors 
and 
partners Publication 
on the OIE 
website 
Africa 52 51 47 47 36 6 
Americas 29 22 21 21 17 8 
Asia, the Far East and Oceania 32 18 18 17 11 1 
Europe 53 15 14 14 12 2 
Middle East 12 12 11 11 5 1 
 TOTAL 178 118 111 110 81 18 
 
Aquatic PVS mission requests:  Lesotho, Nicaragua , Maldives, Mozambique, Philippines, Seychelles, 
Viet Nam 
 
 
PVS Gap Analysis – State of Play up to 20 June 2012 
  
 OIE members PVS Gap 
analysis 
requests 
received PVS Gap 
analysis 
missions 
implemented PVS Gap 
analysis 
missions 
reports 
received Reports 
available for 
(restricted) 
distribution to 
donors and 
partners 
Africa 52 37 32 30 19 
Americas 29 11 9 9 6 
Asia, the Far East 
and Oceania 32 12 10 9 6 
Europe 53 6 6 6 2 
Middle East 12 8 3 2 0 
 TOTAL 178 74 60 56 33  G/SPS/GEN/1164 
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PVS Legislation Missions – State of Play up to 20 June 2012 
  
 OIE members PVS Legislation 
mission requests 
received PVS Legislation 
missions 
implemented PVS Legislation 
documents 
received 
Africa 52 22 15 15 
Americas 29 4 3 3 
Asia, the Far East and Oceania 32 5 4 4 
Europe 53 3 2 2 
Middle East 12 4 4 4 
 TOTAL 178 38 28 28 
 
Does not include (Pilot project) Botswana, South Africa and 1st mission in Zambia. 
  
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  ANNEX 5 
 
RESOLUTION No. 32 
Good governance and veterinary education 
 
 
CONSIDERING 
1. That the activities of Veterinary Services  are recognised as "global public goods";  
2. That quality veterinary education and effectiv e regulatory Veterinary Statutory Bodies (VSB) 
are the cornerstones of good governance of Veterinary Services ; 
3. That the principles for good professional veterinary organisation are the subject of 
international standards published in the OIE Terrestrial  and Aquatic Animal Health Codes , 
with consensual adoption by all OIE Members;  
4. That society expects that veterinarians demonstrate professional ethics and competence – and 
this depends on quality initial and continuing veterinary education to  give each veterinarian at 
least a minimum knowledge on key topics relevant  to the global public good concept and to 
societal demands (e.g. on animal health, vete rinary public health and animal welfare);  
5. That the level of the quality of veterinary ed ucation is not acceptable in many countries today 
and that the OIE has been mandated by its 178 Member Countries (as of April 2012) to take a leadership role in establishing the basic requi rements for veterinary education globally.  
6. That the OIE provides to Members the global PVS Pathway to strengthen capacities relevant 
to the veterinary domain, including for animal health and welfare, ve terinary legislation, 
veterinary education and regulation of  the veterinary profession by VSB;  
7. That the OIE convened an ad hoc  Group on Veterinary Education to develop guidance in 
relation to the recommendations of the First OIE Global Conference on Veterinary Education 
(October 2009);  
8. The need for additional advice and tools for OI E Members wishing to strengthen veterinary 
education and governance, including through the establishment of a VSB or the improvement of existing VSB to meet the standards in the Terrestrial Code , notably Article 3.2.12; 
9. The report on "Minimum competencies expected  of day 1 veterinary graduates to assure 
delivery of quality national V eterinary Services ", based on the work of the OIE ad hoc  Group 
on Veterinary Education, with input from relevant Specialist Commissions, which was 
presented to the Assembly at the 80th General Session; and 
10. The ongoing work of the OIE in the preparati on of guidelines for new or existing twinning 
projects between Veterinary Education Esta blishments (VEE), and between VSB; and 
11. Resolution No. 34 adopted by the Assembl y at the General Session in May 2011.  G/SPS/GEN/1164 
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  THE ASSEMBLY 
 RECOMMENDS THAT 
1. The OIE, with support from relevant internati onal organisations and do nors, should continue 
to progress the PVS Pathway for efficient Veterinary Services , including relevant public and 
private components; 
2. Within the framework of the PVS Pathway, the OIE should consider, especially in countries 
where recognised evaluation systems currently do not apply, the creation or strengthening of 
mechanisms to facilitate the evaluation of national Veterinary Services  personnel on the basis 
of their initial and continuing education; 
3. Within the framework of the PVS Pathway, the OIE should develop Guidance for Members 
on the implementation of the Terrestrial Code  standards for VSB;  
4. The OIE should continue to work closely with  Member Countries and the National leaders of 
Veterinary Education Establishments (VEE), Regional and Global Organisations and donors 
to support efforts to improve the quality of (i nitial and continuing) training of veterinarians 
and to promote harmonised appr oaches to recognition of qualifications, notably with the 
support of VSB;  
5. The OIE should finalise procedures for twinning of VEE, and of VSB, and should convince 
governments, regional and intern ational organisations and don ors to support these initiatives; 
6. The OIE should cooperate with recognised VEE Eval uation Bodies to ensure that they include 
basic requirements for veterinary education, as published in OIE guidelines, in their official 
requirements; 
7. The OIE should develop recommendations on a core /basic veterinary curriculum relevant to 
the delivery of quality national Veterinary Servi ces for consideration of the Assembly at the 
81
st General Session (May 2013); 
8. The OIE should convene a Third Global Conferen ce on the topic of Veterinary Education, 
with a component addressing the role and res ponsibilities of National VSB, in collaboration 
with relevant governments and partner organisations. 
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(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates of the OIE on 24 May 2012) 
 
  
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