I have the pleasure to inform you of the extension of the deadline for the provision of the inputs referred in Notification GB6-031 for the consideration of Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System...

I have the honour to announce that the Sixth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty will be held in Rome, Italy, from 5 to 9 October 2015 and will be preceded by two days of regional consultations....

In order to facilitate the participation of each interested stakeholder, the Secretariat will need to receive their requests no later than 6 February 2015, in order to ensure that the appropriate arrangements can be made, including in relation to registration...

I have the honour to solicit relevant available information as contribution to the work of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-Sharing.  Deadline: 25 April 2014.

Through Resolution 1/2013 the Governing Body requested “all Contracting Parties that have not yet done so to urgently notify the Secretary on their plant genetic resources for food and agriculture that are in the Multilateral System, in accordance with Article...