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LEIPZIG CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS: WEDNESDAY, 19 JUNE 1996

The third day of the Fourth International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITCPGR-4) commenced with a Working Group (WG) on the Global Programme of Action (GPA). In the afternoon, the WG created a Contact Group on Farmers’ Rights (FR) which met following the WG’s session. The Contact Group on implementation and financing of the GPA met for the second day. The WG reconvened in the evening to discuss results of the contact groups and continued deliberations into the night.