Highlights and images for 31 October 2017

Rwanda

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.

IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from the 7th session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The Earth Negotiations Bulletin summary and analysis of ITPGRFA GB 7 is now available in HTML and PDF.

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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