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LEIPZIG CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS<R.THURSDAY, 20 JUNE 1996

An Open-Ended Working Group (WG) on the Leipzig Declaration (LD) met all day and into the evening on the fourth day of the Fourth International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture(ITCPGR-4), while the WG on the Global Programme of Action (GPA) completed its work in a late session the previous night. The Plenary met briefly in the afternoon to hear country statements. Contact Groups (CG) on Farmers'Rights (FR) and implementation and financing of the Global Programme ofAction (GPA) met, as did informal groups on unresolved text of the LD and GPA.