I have the honour to draw your attention to Resolution 4/2015, “Implementation of Article 6, Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for food and agriculture”, adopted by the Sixth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty (Rome, Italy,...

I have the honour to refer to Resolution 5/2015, Implementation of Article 9, Farmers’ Rights, adopted by the Governing Body at its Sixth Session in October 2015, whereby the Governing Body, inter alia, “request[ed] the Secretariat to engage Contracting Parties...

I have the honour to solicit relevant written inputs and reports as 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. Deadline: 15 April 2016

The purpose of this notification is to provide an update on the process for the identification of possible areas of interrelations between the Treaty, especially its Article 9 on Farmers’ Rights, and relevant instruments of UPOV and WIPO, following the...

As part of the ongoing cooperation between the secretariats of the International Treaty and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), I have the pleasure to bring to your attention the notification recently issued by the Executive Director of the UNEP in...