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Central and West Asia and North Africa Regional Meeting Report
1. The
regional meeting to promote implementation of the Global Plan
of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of
Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in Central
and West Asia and North Africa was held in Aleppo, Syrian Arab
Republic, from 22nd to 25th June, 1998. The meeting was
convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO) and the CGIAR's System wide Genetic
Resources Programme (SGRP), hosted by the International Centre
for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), and
organized with the assistance of the office for Central and
West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) of the International Plant
Genetic Resource Institute (IPGRI). 2. Representatives
and observers from each of the following countries attended
the meeting: Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus,
Egypt, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikstan, Tunisia,
Turkey, Uzbekistan and Yemen. In addition a number of representatives
of regional and international organization attended the meeting.
A list of participants is attached (Appendix
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