Notifications
Briefing note on the voluntary inclusion of material in the Multilateral System by natural and legal persons and invitation to provide input
04/11/2024
With reference to Resolution 2/2023, Implementation and Operation of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing,1 I am pleased to inform you that the briefing note for natural and legal...
Call for comments on the revised – unedited – draft of the Third Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
08/08/2024
You may recall that the Tenth Session of the Governing Body thanked the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) for sharing the draft Third Report on the...
Process to enhance the functioning of the Multilateral System. Invitation to submit inputs for drafting the Co-Chairs’ negotiating text
29/04/2024
I have the pleasure to refer to the report of the eleventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System (Working Group)...
Compliance - Extended deadline to submit national reports
12/04/2024
I have the honour to draw your attention to Resolution 8/2023, Compliance, by which the Governing Body decided to extend the deadline for the second reporting cycle to 1 October...
Major outcomes and relevant follow-up actions arising from the Tenth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
16/02/2024
Further to the Notification NCP GB11-01 – Report and Resolutions of Tenth Session of the Governing Body, and considering that the Governing Body took a number of decisions at its...
Application of Article 9, Farmers’ Rights
07/02/2024
I have the honour to draw your attention to Resolution 7/2023, Implementation of Article 9, Farmers’ Rights, by which the Governing Body requested the Secretariat to carry out and finalize...
Report and Resolutions adopted by the Tenth Session of the Governing Body
15/12/2023
I am pleased to inform you that the Report and the seventeen Resolutions adopted by the Tenth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty are now online, in...
Survey on Priority Areas for the Capacity Development Strategy [Extension of the deadline 18 August 2023]
30/06/2023
I have the honour to draw attention to Resolution 10/2022, through which the Governing Body requested the Secretary to develop an outline of an Action Plan for the implementation of...
Announcement of the Global Symposium on Farmers’ Rights New Delhi, India, 12-15 September 2023
30/06/2023
You will recall that the Ninth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty requested the Secretary to organize a Global Symposium on Farmers’ Rights to share experiences and...
Call for Funds to Support the Participation of Representatives of Developing Country Contracting Parties and of Contracting Parties with Economies in Transition in the Governing Body Session
05/06/2023
I have the honour to draw your attention to the Report of the Ninth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty (New Delhi, India, 19 – 24 September...
Tenth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
02/06/2023
I have the honour to inform you that the Tenth Session of the Governing Body will be held in Rome, Italy, from 20 to 24 November 2023 and will be...
Digital Sequence Information / Genetic Sequence Data (DSI/GSD)
31/05/2023
I have the honour to draw your attention to Resolution 16/2022 of the Governing Body of the International Treaty, on the Consideration of Digital Sequence Information / Genetic Sequence Data...
Invitation to secure seed collections in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
19/04/2023
I have the honour to draw your attention to Resolution 14/2022 of the Governing Body of the International Treaty, on Cooperation with Other International Bodies and Organizations.
By the said Resolution, the...
Major outcomes and follow-ups of the Ninth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
07/02/2023
Further to the Notification NCP GB10-01 – Report and resolutions of Ninth Session of the Governing Body, and considering that the Governing Body took a number of decisions at its...
Invitation to send inputs for review of Compliance Procedures and reminder to submit national reports
12/12/2022
I have the honour to draw your attention to Resolution 8/2022, Compliance, by which the Governing Body requested the Compliance Committee, with inputs from Contracting Parties, to prepare an assessment...
Report and resolutions adopted by the Ninth Session of the Governing Body
12/12/2022
I am pleased to inform you that the final Report and the seventeen Resolutions adopted by the Ninth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty are now online...
Venue, selected hotels with preferential rates, and other practical arrangements for the Ninth Session of the Governing Body, 19 – 24 September 2022. New Delhi, India
04/07/2022
I have the honour to inform you that the Ninth Session of the Governing Body will be at the Conference Centre of the Pullman hotel, in Aerocity, the hospitality district...
Extension of the Deadline to Request Support to Participate in the Ninth Session of the Governing Body – New deadline 30 July 2022
04/07/2022
I have the honour to draw your attention to the Notification "NCP GB9 Invitation" convening the Ninth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty in New Delhi, India,...
Compliance – Information on upcoming reporting timelines and on how to report
27/06/2022
I have the honour to draw your attention to Resolution 7/2019, Compliance, by which the Governing Body invited Contracting Parties to continue summitting and updating their reports, pursuant to Section...
Invitation to consider depositing safety duplicates of seed collections in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
17/06/2022
I have the honour to draw your attention to Resolution 12/2019 of the Governing Body of the International Treaty, through which the Governing Body renewed its invitation to Contracting Parties,...