You will recall that, at its Seventh Session, the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture “urge[d] Contracting Parties that have not yet done so, including States that have become Contracting Parties since...

I have the honour to draw your attention to an independent study commissioned last year by Bioversity International, the International Potato Center (CIP) and the Global Crop Diversity Trust, with financial support from Australia, Germany and Switzerland, on the feasibility...

I am pleased to bring to your notice, the above mentioned Special Event which will take place in FAO Headquarters on Wednesday 5 September 2018 from 9.30 to 12.30 in the German room (C229).

The purpose of this notification is to solicit input from Contracting Parties and stakeholder groups, as a contribution to the work of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-Sharing...

I have the pleasure to refer to Resolution 2/2017, by which the Governing Body extended the mandate of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System (Working Group) for the 2018-2019 biennium. While recognizing...