Notifications
Reporting on PGRFA transfers with the Standard Material Transfer Agreement and on material available in the Multilateral System
24/10/2016
The Secretariat of the International Treaty is pleased to remind users of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing that providers of material can continue to report online through Easy-SMTA...
Descriptors and Guidelines for the Assignation of Digital Object Identifiers within the Global Information System
17/10/2016
The Secretariat of the International Treaty is pleased to announce the publication of two major technical documents elaborated within the Programme of Work on the Global Information System (GLIS)
Announcement of a Symposium on possible interrelations between the International Treaty and the UPOV Convention
07/10/2016
I have the pleasure to announce that a Symposium on possible interrelations between the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the International Treaty) and the International...
Appointment of the Secretary Ad-Interim
04/10/2016
Following the resignation of Dr Shakeel Bhatti as Secretary of the Governing Body, effective 30 September 2016, I am pleased to inform you that the FAO Director-General has appointed Dr...
Reporting on Compliance - Update
07/09/2016
The purpose of this notification is to remind Contracting Parties of the content of notification GB7-007 of 29 April 2016 regarding the reports on compliance and the timeline set up...
Third Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Committee on Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - Participation of Observers
02/09/2016
I have the pleasure to make an announcement regarding the participation of Observers in the Third Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Committee on Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources...
Update and inputs for the implementation of the Global Information System
09/06/2016
The purpose of this notification is to update you on the recent developments related to the implementation of the Global Information System and invite interested Contracting Parties and Stakeholders to...
Electronic Consultation on Farmers’ Rights
01/06/2016
The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is pleased to announce the opening of the Electronic Consultation on the Implementation of Article 9...
Reporting on Compliance
02/05/2016
The purpose of this notification is to announce that, following the guidance provided by the Governing Body at its Sixth Session through Resolution 6/2015, the Secretariat has set up an...
Inputs on the Multi-Year Programme of Work of the International Treaty
28/04/2016
I am pleased to inform you that at its Sixth Session the Governing Body welcomed the proposal contained in the documentation as the basis for the further development of a...
Submission of information relating to the implementation of Article 6 of the Treaty: Sustainable use of Plant Genetic Resources
23/03/2016
I have the honour to draw your attention to Resolution 4/2015, “Implementation of Article 6, Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for food and agriculture”, adopted by the Sixth Session...
Announcement of the Global Consultation on Farmers’ Rights, 27-30 September 2016, Indonesia, and invitation for contributions
17/03/2016
I have the honour to refer to Resolution 5/2015, Implementation of Article 9, Farmers’ Rights, adopted by the Governing Body at its Sixth Session in October 2015, whereby the Governing...
Invitation to send inputs and reports - Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-Sharing
15/02/2016
I have the honour to solicit relevant written inputs and reports as contribution to the work of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral...
Update on the process for identification of possible areas of interrelations between the International Treaty and relevant instruments of UPOV and WIPO
01/02/2016
The purpose of this notification is to provide an update on the process for the identification of possible areas of interrelations between the Treaty, especially its Article 9 on Farmers’...
National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Synergies among biodiversity-related Conventions
06/08/2015
As part of the ongoing cooperation between the secretariats of the International Treaty and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), I have the pleasure to bring to your attention the notification...
Global Survey on descriptors required to identify plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
16/07/2015
The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is pleased to announce the opening of the Global Survey on descriptors required to identify plant...
Nomination of members and technical experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Committee on Sustainable Use of PGRFA (ACSU)
23/06/2015
The purpose of this Notification is to bring to your attention the decision to reconvene, in the forthcoming biennium, the Ad Hoc Technical Committee on Sustainable Use of PGRFA. The...
Invitation to the Sixth Session of the Governing Body
05/06/2015
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has the honour to extend an invitation to attend the Sixth Session of the Governing Body of the...
Sixth Session of the Governing Body Dispatch of the Official Invitations
13/05/2015
Recalling the notification GB6-034 of 26 January 2015, I have the honour to remind Contracting Parties that the Sixth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty will take...
Electronic Consultation on Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
08/05/2015
The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is pleased to announce the opening of the Electronic Consultation on Sustainable Use on Plant Genetic...