Note by the Secretariat A report on the assessment of chemical alternatives to endosulfan was developed by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee at its eighth meeting on the basisof the report on the assessment of chemical alternatives to endosulfan and DDT referred to in document UNEP/POPS/POPRC.8/8. The report is set out in the annex to the present note; it has not been formally edited.