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![[International Regional Organism for Plant and Animal Health]](../images/i/int_oirs.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 07 July 2018
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Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (OIRSA -
International Regional Organism for Plant and Animal Health) is an
international organization aiming at protecting the Central American
region against socio-economical impacts of pests and diseases on plant
and livestock production.
OIRSA groups Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa
Rica, Panama (founding members, 1953), Belize (1996) and Dominican
Republic (2003).
OIRSA was established in October 1953 during the 5th Conference of
Ministers of Agriculture and Cattle Breeding of Mexico, Central American
and Panama, held in San Salvador. OIRSA succeeded Comité Internacional
de Coordinacion para el Combate de la Lanogsta (CICLA - International
Committee for the Control of Locusts), which had been established in
1947 in the aftermath of the devastation caused by the Central American
locust, Schistocerca piceifrons (Walker, 1870). Established in Managua
in 1965, the permanent seat of the organization was transferred to San
Salvador in 1961.
In January 2007, OIRSA certified the eradication of the cottonpink
bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1843) from Corn Islands
(Nicaragua), completing eradication from Central America after a 10-year
program.
In 2011, OIRSA certified the eradication of classic swine fever from
Honduras, completing eradication from Central America.
Source:
OIRSA website.
Ivan Sache, 07 July 2018
The flag of OIRSA is white with the organization's emblem, which is
composed of the acronym "OIRSA" surrounded by a ring made of the flags
of the member countries.
Photos:
https://www.oirsa.org/noticia-detalle.aspx?id=168
https://www.oirsa.org/noticia-detalle.aspx?id=204
https://www.oirsa.org/noticia-detalle.aspx?id=3306
https://www.oirsa.org/noticia-detalle.aspx?id=7624
http://www.acdi.org.ar/index.php?s=nD&id=190&sID=3
https://www.catie.ac.cr/images/catie/57/
http://www.mag.gob.sv/gobierno-reafirma-apoyo-al-agro-en-el-marco-del-dia-regional-de-la-sanidad-agropecuaria/
https://www.mida.gob.pa/noticias_id_4257.html
http://www.prensalibre.com/economia/oirsa-y-anacafe-firman-convenio
http://prensamag.blogspot.com/2017/03/mexico-centroamerica-y-republica.html
http://sinavef.senasica.gob.mx/ALERTAS/inicio/pages/single.php?noticia=2783
http://sinavef.senasica.gob.mx/ALERTAS/inicio/pages/single.php?noticia=2822
Ivan Sache, 07 July 2018