Meetings of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

The Commission normally holds one regular session each biennium. It may also decide to convene extraordinary sessions as necessary, subject to the approval of the FAO Council. Between 2001 and 2007, the Commission acted as the Interim Committee for the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.

The Secretariat of the Commission prepares working and information documents for each session. In addition, the Secretariat occasionally commissions background study papers on selected matters of interest to the Commission.

Meetings of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Year	Title of the Meeting	Meeting Report
2017	Sixteenth Regular Session Rome, 30 January - 3 February 2017	E, F, S, A, C, R
2015	Fifteenth Regular Session Rome, 19-23 January 2015	E, F, S, A, C, R
2013	Fourteenth Regular Session Rome, 15-19 April 2013	E, F, S, A, C, R
2011	Thirteenth Regular Session Rome, 18-22 July 2011	E, F, S, A, C, R
2009	Twelfth Regular Session Rome, 19-23 October 2009	E, F, S, A, C, R
2007	Eleventh Regular Session Rome, 11-15 June 2007	E, F, S, A, C
2006	First Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Madrid, Spain, 12-16 June 2006	E, F, S, A, C, R
	Second Meeting of the Contact Group for the Drafting of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement Alnarp, Sweden, 24-28 April 2006	E, F, S, A, C
2005	First Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Rules of Procedure and the Financial Rules of the Governing Body, Compliance, and the Funding Strategy Rome, 14-17 December 2005	E, F, S, A, C
	First Meeting of the Contact Group for the Drafting of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement Hammamet, Tunisia, 18-22 July 2005	E, F, S, A, C
2004	Second Meeting of the CGRFA acting as Interim Committee for the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Rome, 15-19 November 2004	E, F, S, A, C
	Tenth Regular Session Rome, 8-12 November 2004	E, F, S, A, C
	First Meeting of the Expert Group on the Terms of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement Brussels, Belgium, 4-8 October 2004	E, F, S, A, C
2002	Ninth Regular Session Rome, 14-18 October 2002	E, F, S, A, C
	First Meeting of the CGRFA acting as Interim Committee for the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Rome, 9-11 October 2002	E, F, S, A, C
2001	Open-ended Working Group on the International Undertaking Rome, 30 October - 1 November 2001
	Sixth Extraordinary Session Rome, 25-30 June 2001	E, F, S, A, C
	Sixth Intersessional Meeting of the Contact Group Spoleto, Italy, 22-28 April 2001	E, F, S, A, C
	Fifth Intersessional Meeting of the Contact Group Rome, 5-10 February 2001	E, F, S, A, C
2000	Fourth Intersessional Meeting of the Contact Group Neuchâtel, Switzerland,12-17 November 2000	E, F, S, A, C
	Third Intersessional Meeting of the Contact Group Tehran, Iran, 26-31 August 2000	E, F, S, A, C
	Second Intersessional Meeting of the Contact Group Rome, 3-7 April 2000	E, F, S, A, C
1999	First Intersessional Meeting of the Contact Group Rome, 20-24 September 1999	E, F, S, A, C
	Eighth Regular Session Rome, 19-23 April 1999	E, F, S, A, C
1998	Fifth Extraordinary Session Rome, 8-12 June 1998	E, F, S, A
1997	Fourth Extraordinary Session Rome, 1-5 December 1997	E, F, S, A, C
	Seventh Regular Session Rome, 15-23 May 1997	E, F, S, A, C
1996	Third Extraordinary Session Rome, 9-13 December 1996	E, F, S, A, C
	Second Extraordinary Session Rome, 22-27 April 1996	E, F, S, A, C
1995	Sixth Regular Session Rome, 19-30 June 1995	E, F, S, A, C
1994	First Extraordinary Session Rome, 7-11 November 1994	E, F, S, A, C
1993	Fifth Regular Session Rome, 19-23 April 1993	E, F, S, A, C
1991	Fourth Regular Session Rome, 15-19 April 1991	E, F, S, A, C
1989	Third Regular Session Rome, 17-21 April 1989	E, F, S, A, C
1987	Second Regular Session Rome, 16-20 March 1987	E, F, S, A, C
1985	First Regular Session Rome, 11-15 March 1985	E, F, S, A, C