Highlights for Tuesday, 16 November 2004
Delegates
to the second session of the Commission on Genetic
Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) acting as
Interim Committee for the International Treaty on Plant
Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR) held
regional consultations and met in a brief plenary session
in the morning. In an afternoon and evening session,
delegates addressed the draft rules of procedure for the
Governing Body. A Chair’s text on the terms of reference
for a contact group on the standard MTA was circulated in
the evening. Above photo: Chair Bryan Harvey, Clive
Stannard and Martin Smith (CGRFA)