Notifications
Ninth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - New Dates 19 – 24 September 2022, New Delhi, India
27/01/2022
Reference is made to the notification NCP GB-Sp1 Invitation issued on 5 October 2021, by which the Secretariat had informed about the postponement of the Ninth Session of the Governing...
Establishment of the Emergency Reserve for Genebanks
23/11/2021
I have the honour to draw your attention to the establishment of the Emergency Reserve for Genebanks, jointly established by the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources...
Report on material available and on transfers in the Multilateral System – Invitation to provide information
09/11/2021
I have the honour to refer to Resolution 2/2019 on the Implementation and Operation of the Multilateral System, by which the Governing Body “request[ed] the Secretary to update the report...
Documentation and Special Procedures for the First Special Session of the Governing Body of ITPGRFA
21/10/2021
I have the honour to inform you that the documentation for the First Special Session of the Governing Body, to be held on 7 and 8 December 2021, is already...
First Special Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
06/10/2021
I have the honour to inform you that the First Special Session of the Governing Body will be held on 7 and 8 December 2021 and will be preceded by...
Online Survey on the Toolbox for Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
13/04/2021
I have the honor to bring to the attention of all Contracting Parties and relevant stakeholders of the International Treaty, the on-line survey on the Toolbox for Sustainable Use of...
Compliance – Update of the Online Reporting System and invitation to submit national reports and inputs
16/12/2020
I have the honour to draw your attention to Resolution 7/2019, Compliance, by which the Governing Body approved the revised Standard Reporting Format and requested the Secretary to update the Online...
Contributions to the Core Administrative Budget for the 2020-2021 Biennium
16/11/2020
I have the honour to draw your attention to the Report of the Eighth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty (Rome, 11 – 16 November 2019) and...
Reviews and Assessments under the Multilateral System – Invitation to send inputs for reports - The new deadline is 31 January 2021
10/09/2020
I have the honour to draw your attention to section V of Resolution 2/2019, Implementation and Operation of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing, by which the Governing Body...
Publication of the Descriptors for Crop Wild Relatives conserved under in situ conditions
09/09/2020
The Secretariat is pleased to share with you the agreed list of descriptors for the documentation of Crop Wild Relatives in situ (CWRI) resulting from the global consultation and the...
On-line survey of the impacts of COVID-19 on the implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - REMINDER AND EXTENSION OF DEADLINE
31/07/2020
On 24 June, I drew your attention to the on-line survey being conducted by the Secretariat on the impacts of COVID-19 on the implementation of the International Treaty at the...
Invitation to report on the implementation of conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA
25/07/2020
I have the honour to draw your attention to Resolution 5/2019 of the Governing Body on the implementation of Articles 5 and 6 of the International Treaty, on Conservation and...
Ninth Session of the Governing Body of the ITPGRFA Announcement of place and date
14/07/2020
You will recall that the Eighth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty decided that the Ninth Session will be held in the last quarter of 2021, and...
On-line survey of the impacts of COVID-19 on implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
24/06/2020
I have the honour to bring to the attention of all national focal points of the International Treaty, the on-line survey, which the Secretariat is undertaking. In recognition of the...
Country reports for The Third Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
29/05/2020
I am pleased to bring to the attention of all national focal points of the International Treaty, the issuance of the Circular State Letter by FAO regarding the preparation of...
Invitation to update previous submissions on best practices/measures of implementing Article 9 of the International Treaty
04/03/2020
The purpose of this notification is to invite Contracting Parties and relevant stakeholders to update previous submissions they made on views, best practices and measures for implementing Article 9 of...
Expert survey to define a strategic list of Crop Wild Relatives in situ descriptors globally
11/02/2020
The Secretariat is pleased to announce the opening of an expert survey to define a minimal list of strategic passport descriptors for the exchange of information on Crop Wild Relatives...
Calendar of Inter-Sessional Meetings of the ITPGRFA for 2020-21
07/02/2020
I am pleased to share with you the provisional calendar of the meetings of subsidiary bodies and intersessional processes of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and...
Zero draft of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework published
24/01/2020
The purpose of this notification is to bring to your attention the zero draft of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the guidance provided by the Governing Body at its...
Report and resolutions adopted by the Eighth Session of the Governing Body
16/12/2019
I am pleased to inform you that the full Report and the fourteen resolutions adopted by the Eighth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty are now online,...