The report of the 3rd meeting of UN-Biotech, the inter-agency cooperation network in biotechnology, that took place on 16 May 2006 in Geneva, Switzerland, is now available. At the meeting, the focus was on the establishment of a web portal on biotechnology and it was also agreed that FAO would hold chairmanship of UN-Biotech for the 2006-2007 biennium, with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) continuing to act as secretariat. See http://stdev.unctad.org/docs/unbiotech3.DOC or contact [email protected] for more information.

10/07/2006