The report is now available of the 11th Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) that took place at FAO Headquarters, Rome on 11-15 June 2007. The major achievement of the session was the adoption of a ten-year rolling Multi-year Programme of Work on Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture, covering all genetic resources of relevance to food and agriculture (see paragraphs 88-94 and Appendix E). Paragraphs 45-49 of the report deal with `Progress on the draft Code of Conduct on Biotechnology, as it relates to genetic resources for food and agriculture` while paragraphs 50-53 cover `Guiding Principles for the development of CGIAR Centres policies to address the possibility of unintentional presence of transgenes in ex situ collections`. See http://www.fao.org/ag/cgrfa/cgrfa11.htm for the report (document CGRFA-11/07/REPORT) in English, with Arabic, Chinese, French and Spanish versions to follow, and other Session documents or contact [email protected] for more information. Membership of the CGRFA includes a total of 170 countries and the European Community and its Secretariat is based in FAO Headquarters, Rome. Its next Regular Session takes place in 2009.

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