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Open-ended Working Goup on the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources

Rome, Italy; 30 October - 1 November 2001
 

Open-ended Working Group on the IU

Thursday, 1 November 2001 | The Council of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convened this morning at FAO headquarters in Rome to review the progress report from the Open-ended Working Group on the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (IU). In a morning session, delegates raised concerns on the outstanding issues and the process for forwarding the text to the FAO Conference. Drafting committees met throughout the day to develop the Council's reports. In a late evening/early morning session, the Council met in a closing Plenary to adopt the reports from the Drafting Committee.

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CGRFA website for the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (IU): http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/agricult/cgrfa/IU.htm
Documents for this meeting: http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/agricult/cgrfa/docswg.htm
CGRFA Secretariat website - http://www.fao.org/ag/cgrfa/default.htm
 International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
ENB report on the Sixth Extraordinary Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: http://enb.iisd.org/biodiv/ExCGRFA-6/
ENB report on the Sixth Session of the Contact Group for the Revision of the IU: http://enb.iisd.org/biodiv/iucg6/
ENB report on the Fifth Intersessional Meeting of the Contact Group of the CGRFA: http://enb.iisd.org/biodiv/iucg5/                                                                                              click to top
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