The 11th Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) takes place on 11-15 June 2007 in Rome, Italy. Documents for the meeting are now available on the web, some of which are directly related to biotechnology, namely "Progress on the Draft Code of Conduct on Biotechnology as it relates to genetic resources for food and agriculture: policy issues, gaps and duplications" (document CGRFA-11/07/13); "Guiding principles for the development of CGIAR Centres` policies to address the possibility of unintentional presence of transgenes in ex situ collections" (document CGRFA-11/07/14 Rev.1); "The State of the World`s Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Final Version" (document CGRFA-11/07/Inf.6); as well as a report from FAO providing an overview of the main activities being undertaken in six of FAO`s Priority Areas for Inter-Disciplinary Action (PAIAs), including the Biotechnology PAIA, that are most relevant to the work of the CGRFA (document CGRFA-11/07/20.3). See http://www.fao.org/ag/cgrfa/cgrfa11.htm (documents will eventually be available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French and Spanish) or contact [email protected] for more information.

14/04/2007