I have the honour to make an announcement regarding the participation of Observers in the sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-Sharing (Working Group). The Terms of...

I have the honour to draw your attention to the Report of the Sixth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty (Rome, 5-9 October 2015) and the decisions contained therein. In particular, reference is made to Resolution 11/2015...

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 on all transfers of plant genetic resources for food and...

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)

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 Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV...