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IN THE CORRIDORS I

Discussions on Farmers’ Rights dominated talk in the corridors today, and was the subject of an NGO press conference, where the US position calling for retention of the phrase “the concept of” before Farmers Rights was denounced. Some delegations suggested that reference to Farmers’ Rights should be removed entirely from the GPA, however, many others preferred its retention.