I have the honour to announce that the Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-Sharing (Working Group) will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 9 to...

The purpose of this Notification is to invite all interested stakeholders to complete the questionnaire that the Secretariat will take into account in preparing Study 4 for the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group to enhance the...

The purpose of this notification is to invite national focal points and interested stakeholders to complete two questionnaires that the Secretariat will take into account in taking forward the discussion on the further development of the Global Information System on...

The 29th of June 2014 marks the 10th Anniversary of the entry-into-force of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA). A special celebration will be held at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, on...

The purpose of this Notification is to invite Contracting Parties to make their contributions to the Core Administrative Budget and Working Capital Reserve in support of the implementation of the Work Programme for 2014-15, as soon as possible. Attachment: WPB_2014-15_Scale_Computation_ar.pdf WPB_2014-15_Scale_Computation_en.pdf WPB_2014-15_Scale_Computation_fr.pdf WPB_2014-15_Scale_Computation_es.pdf �