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Special Event on Food Security and Genetic Diversity
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Fifteenth session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA 15) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

16 and 19-23 January 2015 | FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy

Daily Web Coverage

Intro | 19 Jan | 20 Jan | 21 Jan | 22 Jan | 23 Jan | Summary

Highlights for Friday, 23 January 2015

The CGRFA 15 closing plenary convened on Friday afternoon where delegates adopted the meeting's report and reflected on the meeting's deliberations, including its decisions. Delegates made numerous amendments to ensure that the report adequately reflects the outcome of the deliberations held during the week, including on access and benefit-sharing for GRFA, plant genetic resources and on micro-organisms and invertebrates.

In their closing statements, all regions praised the Chair and the Secretariat for a successful meeting. They reiterated that genetic resources are at the heart of sustainable development and efforts to combat hunger and malnutrition.

Chair Tahiri thanked all participants and gaveled the meeting to a close at 6:22pm.

The UN flag flies outside the FAO headquarters

Closing Plenary

Panel (L-R): Elizabeth Martyniuk, CGRFA Rapporteur; Dan Leskien, CGRFA Secretariat; Linda Collette, CGRFA Secretary; Amar Tahiri, CGFRA 15 Chair; and Annick Van Houtte, FAO

Amar Tahiri, CGFRA 15 Chair

Elizabeth Martyniuk, CGRFA Rapporteur

Annick Van Houtte, Senior Legal Officer, FAO

Zoltan Kalman, Hungary

Brad Fraleigh, Canada

Gemedo Dalle Tussie, Ethiopia

Larissa Maria Lima Costa, Brazil

Delegates review the final draft report of the meeting

Akio Yamamoto, Japan

Deidre Januarie, Namibia

Catherine Karr-Colque, US

Pierre Velge, France

Dan Leskien, CGRFA Secretariat

Julian Jackson, UK

Cho Chang Yeon, Republic of Korea

Nina Sæther, Norway

Javad Mozafari Hashjin, Iran

Thomas Meier, Germany

Charles Nying, Cameroon

Patrick Mulvany, International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty

Axel Villalobos Cortés, Panama

Around the Venue

Delegates gather informally before plenary begins

Delegates discuss the final draft of the report

The Korean delegation stands with the incoming CGRFA Chair Cho Chang Yeon (center) and CGRFA 14 Rapporteur Tashi Yangzom Dorji, Bhutan (second from left)

Delegates from the Near East Region

Amar Tahiri, CGFRA 15 Chair, raises his hand at the podium

ENB team covering the CGRFA 15 meeting: Eugenia Recio; Nancy Williams; Asterios Tsioumanis; Stefan Jungcurt; Delia Paul; and Kiara Worth

Funding for coverage of these events has been provided by FAO

Daily Web Coverage

Intro | 19 Jan | 20 Jan | 21 Jan | 22 Jan | 23 Jan | Summary

Related Links

FAO Resources

CGRFA 15 Website and Documents

CGRFA 15 Provisional Annotated Agenda and Time-table

Programme of the Special Seminar: Towards The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture

IISD RS Resources

IISD RS summary and analysis of the Fifth session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR), 24-28 September 2013, Muscat, Oman (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)

IISD RS coverage of the Special Information Seminar on Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture: Taking Stock for the Future and CGRFA 14, 13 and 15-19 April 2013, Rome, Italy

IISD RS coverage of the Special Information Seminar on Climate Change and Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: State of Knowledge, Risks and Opportunities and CGRFA 13, 16 and 18-22 July 2011, FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy

IISD RS coverage of ITPGR GB 4, 14-18 March 2011, Bali, Indonesia

IISD RS coverage of the Information Seminar on Policy Arrangements for Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) for Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and CGRFA 12, 17 and19-23 October 2009, FAO Headquarters, Rome Italy

IISD RS coverage of ITPGR GB 3, 1-5 June 2009, Tunis, Tunisia

IISD RS coverage of ITPGR GB 2, 29 October - 2 November 2007, UN Headquarters, Rome, Italy

IISD RS coverage of the First International Technical Conference on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, 3-7 September 2007, Interlaken, Switzerland

IISD RS coverage of CGRFA 11, 11-15 June 2007, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

IISD RS coverage of ITPGR GB 1, 12-16 June 2006, Madrid, Spain

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Special Event on Food Security and Genetic Diversity and Fifteenth session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA 15) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Special Event on Food Security and Genetic Diversity
and
Fifteenth session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA 15) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)