Summary
Delegates to the seventh session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture met in plenary throughout the day to address items on: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; the Funding Strategy; farmers’ rights; the Global Information System; and sustainable use. The budget committee, a Friends of the Chair group on farmers’ rights, and the contact group on enhancing the MLS met in the afternoon and evening.
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View of the dais during the plenary session
Muhamad Sabran, Chair of the Seventh Session of the Governing Body
Aya Idemitsu, ITPGRFA Secretariat
George Culaste, the Philippines
Mónica Martínez Menduiño, Ecuador
Kim van Seeters, the Netherlands
Antonio González, International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty
Christiane Deslauriers, Canada
Larissa Maria Lima Costa, Brazil
Pierre du Plessis, Namibia
Alwin Kopse, Switzerland
Luciano Martin Donadio Linares, Argentina
Elizabeth Santacreo, Honduras
Seta Agustina, Indonesia
Fabrice Dreyfus, France
Michael Halewood, CGIAR Consortium
Szonja Csörgő, European Seed Association
Matthew Worrell, Australia
Yousef Wijhani, Syria
Kent Nnadozie, Secretary a.i., Governing Body of the International Treaty, and Jean-Christophe Gouache, President, International Seed Federation
Bert Visser, Co-Chair, Working Group on enhancing the MLS, with Kim van Seeters, the Netherlands
Yousef Wijhani, Syria; Fadila Al-Salameen, Kuwait; and Ali Chehade, Lebanon
Christine Dawson, US, and Bert Visser, Co-Chair, Working Group on enhancing the MLS, the Netherlands
Guy Kastler, La Via Campesina, with Antonio Otavio Sá Ricarte, Brazil
Delegates from the US and Canada
CGIAR Consortium group photo
Side Event: Implementation of the Global Information System and the Digital Object Identifiers
Ruaraidh Hamilton, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI); David Ellis, International Potato Center (CIP); amd Marco Marsella, ITPGRFA Consultant
Ruaraidh Hamilton, IRRI
Frank Begemann, Germany
Francisco López, ITPGRFA Secretariat
View of the room during the side event
Around the Venue
