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PROGRESS REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL UNDERTAKING

Gerald Moore, FAO Legal Counsel, introduced the Progress Report on the Revision of the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources (ITCPGR/96/INF/3). He summarized the negotiation processes that have already taken place with regard to the IU revision, and noted that the next round of negotiations is scheduled for the Third Extraordinary Session of the CGRFA in December 1996. He pointed out that access on mutually agreed terms and Farmers' Rights (FR) were being considered within the auspices of the IU, and noted that the CGRFA is developing a simplified text of the IU to facilitate the next round of negotiations.