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WORKING GROUP I

Working Group I, chaired by Prof. S.K. Ongeri (Kenya), considered the following agenda items: Item 4.1.3, Selection of a competent international organization to carry out the functions of the Secretariat of the Convention; Item 4.1.4, Clearing-house mechanism for technical and scientific cooperation; Item 4.2.2, Consideration of the need for, and modalities of, a protocol on biosafety; Item 4.2.3, Ownership of and access to ex situ genetic resources; and Item 4.2.4, Farmers' rights and rights of similar groups. The Working Group first discussed each item. The Interim Secretariat then prepared a report of this discussion, which was subsequently reviewed and, sometimes, further negotiated by the Group.