Central and West Asia and North Africa Regional Meeting Report

CLOSING CEREMONY

51. Mr Geoff Hawtin, on behalf of the CGIAR/SGRP, welcomed the recommendations of the meeting and looked forward to their implementation and to seeing how the Steering Committee of WANANET addresses them in their forthcoming meeting. He thanked the Government of Syria, FAO, ICARDA and all participants for their support to the meeting. On behalf of FAO, Mr Mahmud Duwayri paid tribute to the Syrian Arab Republic for their contribution to food security. He thanked the host country and ICARDA for hosting the meeting, IPGRI's CWANA office for supporting its organization, and all the participants.

52. Mr Walid El-Tawel, on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, thanked FAO, IPGRI, ICARDA and all participants for their contributions to the meeting, and declared the meeting closed.

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