RESOLUTION VITI 5/98

EFFECTS OF DROUGHT

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

ON PROPOSAL of the Commission I, «Viticulture,»

EXAMINED the works of the XXIst World Congress of the Vine and Wine which took place at Punta del Este (Uruguay) from November 27 - 29, 1995, on the theme of «Viticultural Zonage»;

TAKING NOTE OF the very unfavorable effects of intense drought in certain vineyards throughout the world,

RECOMMENDS to member States

• Studying all the scientific, technical (meteorology, vegetable materials, physiology, cultivational practices) and socio-economic aspects, so as to limit serious consequences that result from a lack of water.