CGRFA/CG-1/99/TXT






COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES
FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE


First Inter-sessional Meeting of the Contact Group
(Rome, 20-24 September 1999)


REVISION OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNDERTAKING ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES, IN HARMONY WITH THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

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TEXT FOR ARTICLE 14, BENEFIT-SHARING, ESTABLISHED BY THE CONTACT GROUP DURING ITS FIRST INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING

Table of Contents

The first Inter-sessional Meeting of the Chairman's Contact Group addressed only one item: the continuation of the negotiations for the revision of the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, in harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity. It negotiated text for Article 14, and agreed that there would be no formal report of the Meeting.


TEXT FOR ARTICLE 14, BENEFIT-SHARING IN THE MULTILATERAL SYSTEM, ESTABLISHED BY THE CONTACT GROUP
DURING ITS FIRST INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING

Article 14 - Benefit-sharing in the Multilateral System1

14.1 Parties agree that access to PGRFA in the Multilateral System is subject to the benefit-sharing under this article.2 The Parties recognize that facilitated access to PGRFA within the Multilateral System constitutes itself a major benefit of the Multilateral System and agree that benefits accruing therefrom shall be shared fairly and equitably in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

14.2 The Parties agree that benefits arising from the use[, including commercial] of PGRFA under the Multilateral System shall be shared through the transfer of technology, capacity-building, the exchange of information, and [funding][the fair and equitable sharing of the results of research and development and the benefits arising from commercial and other utilization of these PGRFA], taking into account the priority activity areas in the rolling GPA, under the guidance of the Governing Body,3 [and] as set forth below:

  1. Exchange of information:
    Parties agree to make available information which shall, inter alia, encompass catalogues and inventories, information on technologies, results of technical, scientific and socio-economic research, including characterization, evaluation and utilization, regarding those PGRFA under the Multilateral System. Such information shall be made available, where non-confidential, subject to applicable law and in accordance with national capabilities.4 Such information shall be made available to all Parties to the International Undertaking through the information system of the Multilateral System.5
  2. Access to and transfer of technology:
    1. [Parties undertake to provide and/or facilitate access to technologies for the conservation, characterization, evaluation and use of PGRFA which are under the Multilateral System. Recognizing that some technologies can only be transferred through genetic material, Parties shall provide and/or facilitate access to such technologies and genetic material which is under the Multilateral System and to improved varieties and genetic material developed through the use of PGRFA under the Multilateral System. Access to these technologies, improved varieties and genetic material shall be provided and/or facilitated, while respecting applicable property rights and access laws, and in accordance with national capabilities.]
    2. Access to and transfer of technology to countries, especially to developing countries and countries with economies in transition, shall be carried out through a set of measures, such as the establishment and maintenance of, and participation in, crop-based thematic groups on utilization of PGRFA,6 all types of partnership in R & D and in commercial joint ventures on the material received, human resource development, and effective access to research facilities.
    3. Access to and utilization of information and technology protected by intellectual property rights and confidentiality shall be freely available for conservation purposes of PGRFA in the Multilateral System, and for the use of small farmers in developing countries and countries with economies in transition, whereas, for commercial purposes, access to and transfer of technology as referred to in (i) and (ii) above to developing country Parties and the countries with economies in transition shall be provided and/or facilitated under fair and most favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, where mutually agreed, through partnerships in research and development under the Multilateral System. In the case of technology subject to patents and other intellectual property rights, access and transfer shall be provided on terms which recognize and are consistent with the adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights.]
  3. Capacity building
    Taking into account the needs of developing countries and countries with economies in transition, [as expressed through the priority they accord to building capacity in PGRFA in their plans and programmes,] in respect of those PGRFA covered by the Multilateral System, Parties [shall endeavour to]/[agree to], (i) establish and/or strengthen programmes for scientific and technical education and training in conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA, (ii) develop and strengthen facilities for conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA, in particular in developing countries and countries with economies in transition, and (iii) carry out scientific research preferably, and where possible, in developing countries and countries with economies in transition, in cooperation with institutions of such countries, and develop capacity for such research in fields where they are needed.
  4. Sharing of [monetary] benefits on commercialisation
    1. [ Each Party to this Undertaking undertakes to pay, in accordance to the agreed Funding Strategy to be established under Article 16, an annual contribution representing percent of the value of the crops produced in its territory through the use of PGRFA listed in Article 12 to this Undertaking where such crops are produced from or through plant genetic materials or related processes in respect of which IPR protection has been sought under its national legislation. For this purpose, the value of the crops shall be calculated on the basis of the hectarage of the crops harvested multiplied by the average national yield per hectare for those crops and the average ex-farm price for the current year.
    2. (ii) Developed countries, party to this Undertaking, undertake to make annual contributions to the Agreed Funding Strategy established under Article 16 in the proportions of their national contributions according to the United Nations Scale of Assessment.]

CHAIRMAN'S NOTE: FOR THE FIRST TIME, MEMBER COUNTRIES HELD A VERY RICH AND CONSTRUCTIVE DEBATE ON THIS CRUCIAL ISSUE. A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES AND GROUPS OF COUNTRIES STATED THAT THEY WERE CONSIDERING THE ISSUE VERY SERIOUSLY, AND COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO PRESENT TO THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CONTACT GROUP MODALITIES TO GIVE PRACTICAL EXPRESSION TO THE FAIR AND EQUITABLE SHARING OF COMMERCIAL BENEFITS, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF INVOLVING THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

14.3 The Parties agree that benefits arising from the use of PGRFA under the Multilateral System should flow [, inter alia,] primarily, directly and indirectly, to farmers in all countries, especially in developing countries and countries with economies in transition, who conserve and sustainably utilize PGRFA. [...]

14.4 The Governing Body will, at its first meeting, consider relevant policy and criteria for specific assistance under the agreed funding strategy established under Article 16 for the conservation of PGRFA in developing countries and countries with economies in transition whose contribution to the diversity of PGRFA in the Multilateral System is significant and/or which have special needs.

14.5 Parties recognize that the ability to fully implement the GPA, in particular of developing countries and countries with economies in transition, will depend largely upon the effective implementation of this Article and of the funding strategy as provided in Article 16.

APPENDIX A

LIST OF DELEGATES AND OBSERVERS

LISTE DES DELEGUES ET OBSERVATEURS

LISTA DE DELEGADOS Y OBSERVADORES

 
X4111a2.gif Fernando GERBASI
Président (Venezuela)
Presidente  
   
 
Vice-Chairmen Tewolde Berhan GEBRE EGZIABHER
Vice-présidents (Ethiopia)
Vicepresidentes  
  Gert KLEIJER
  (Switzerland)
   
  Eng Siang LIM
  (Malaysia)
   
  Ms Kristiane Herrmann
  (Australia)
   
  Mohammed TAEB
  (Islam Republic of Iran)
   
  Ronald ROSE
  (Canada)
   

MEMBERS OF THE CONTACT GROUP

MEMBRES DU GROUPE DE CONTACT

MIEMBROS DEL GRUPO DE CONTACTO

ANGOLA

Représentant
Mme Elizabeth M. MATOS
Président
Comité national des ressources phytogénétiques
Ministère de l'agriculture et
du développement rural
C.N.I.C.
Av. Revoluçào de Outubro
C.P. 10825 (BG)
Luanda
Angola
Tél: 244 2 321688
E-mail: [email protected]

Suppléant
Antero ABREU
Ambassadeur
Représentant permanent auprès de la FAO
Ambassade de la République d'Angola en Italie
Via Filippo Bernardini 21
00165 Rome
Italie
Tél: 39 06 39366902
Fax: 39 06 634960

Adjoint
Kiala Kia MATEVA
Conseiller
Représentant permanent adjoint auprès de la FAO
Ambassade de la République d'Angola en Italie
Via Filippo Bernardini 21
00165 Rome
Italie
Tél: 39 06 39366902
Fax: 39 06 634960

Conseiller
Carlos Alberto AMARAL
Représentant permanent suppléant auprès de la FAO
Ambassade de la République d'Angola en Italie
Via Filippo Bernardini 21
00165 Rome
Italie
Tél: 39 06 39366902
Fax: 39 06 634960

ARGENTINA - ARGENTINE - ARGENTINA

Representante

Ricardo E. LAGORIO
Ministro
Director de Acuerdos Ambientales,
Multilaterales e Internacionales
Dirección General de Asuntos Ambientales
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores,
Comercio Internacional y Culto
Esmeralda 1212 piso 14
Buenos Aires
1061 Argentina
Tel: 54 11 48197408
Fax: 54 11 48197413
E-mail: [email protected]

Suplente
Ariel FERNANDEZ
Representante Permanente Alterno ante la FAO
Representación Permanente de la República
Argentina ante la FAO
Via Banco di Santo Spirito 42
00186 Roma
Italia
Tel: 39 06 6867913
Fax: 39 06 6864789
Asesores
Marcelo Edmundo FERRER
Asesor Recursos Genéticos
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología
Agropecuaria (SAGPyA)
EEA INTA Pergamino
Argentina
CC 31 2700 Pergamino
Tel: 54 2477 431250
Fax: 54 2477 432553
E-mail: [email protected]

Arturo MARTINEZ
Consultor
Dirección General de Asuntos Ambientales
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores,
Comercio Internacional y Culto
Esmeralda 1212, piso 14
1061 Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tel: 54 11 4819 7405, 4819 7414
Fax: 54 11 4819 7413
E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]

AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIE - AUSTRALIA

Representative
Ms Kristiane E. HERRMANN
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry - Australia
P.O. Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
Tel: 61 2 62724670
Fax: 61 2 62725926
E-mail: [email protected]

Alternates
Ben BURDON
Legal and Environment Branch
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
RG Casey Building
John McEwen Crescent
Barton ACT 0221
Tel: 61 2 62612705
Fax: 61 2 62612594
E-mail: [email protected]

Paul ROSS
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Embassy of Australia
Via Alessandria 215
00198 Rome
Italy
Tel: 39 06 85272376
Fax: 39 06 85272230
E-mail: [email protected]

Adviser
Lindsay COOK
Chief
Division of Plant Industries
NSW Ministry of Agriculture
Locked Bag 21
Orange
NSW 2800
Australia
Tel: 61 2 63913146
Fax: 61 2 63913508
E-mail: [email protected]

BENIN

Représentant
Georges AGBAHUNGBA
Ingénieur agronome forestier
Directeur adjoint de la recherche agronomique
Institut national de recherche agricole du
Bénin (INRAB)
Ministère du développement rural
03 BP 1649
Cotonou
Bénin
Tél: 229 300723
E-mail: inrab [email protected]

BRAZIL - BRESIL - BRASIL

Representative
Júlio C. GOMES DOS SANTOS
Ambassador to FAO
Permanent Representation of the Federative
Republic of Brazil to FAO
Via di S. Maria dell'Anima 32
00186 Rome
Italy
Tel: 39 06 68307576
Fax: 39 06 68398802

Alternate
Mrs Mitzi Gurgel Valente da COSTA
Counsellor
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Permanent Representation of the Federative
Republic of Brazil to FAO
Via di S. Maria dell'Anima 32
00186 Rome
Italy
Tel: 39 06 68307576
Fax: 39 06 6867858

Associate
Ms Maria Feliciana ORTIGÃO
Second Secretary
Environment Division
Ministry of External Relations
Brazilian Mission
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad and Tobago

BURKINA FASO

Représentant
Didier BALMA
Directeur de la recherche scientifique
Ministère des enseignements secondaire,
supérieur et de la recherche scientifique
Ouagadougou 01 BP 476
Burkina Faso
Tél: 226 308269
Fax: 226 315003
E-mail: [email protected]f

Suppléant
André Anatole YAMEOGO
Représentant permanent adjoint
auprès de la FAO
Ambassade du Burkina Faso
Via Alessandria 26
00198 Rome
Italie
Tél: 39 06 44250052
Fax: 39 06 44250042
E-mail: [email protected]

CANADA

Representative
John DUECK
Special Advisor
Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Research Branch
Sir John Carling Building
Ottawa
Ontario K1A OC5
Canada
Tel: 1 613 759 7851
Fax: 1 613 759 7771
E-mail: [email protected]

Alternates
Brad FRALEIGH
Special Advisor
Biodiversity and Genetic Ressources
Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Research Branch
Sir John Carling Building
CEF, Ottawa
Ontario K1A 0C5
Canada
Tel: 1 613 759 7847
Fax: 1 613 759 7769
E-mail: [email protected]

Ronald L. ROSE
Deputy Permanent Representative
of Canada to FAO
Canadian Embassy
Via Zara, 30
00198 Rome
Tel: 39 06 44598551
Fax: 39 06 44598930
E-mail: [email protected]

Adviser
Ms Patricia NICOLL
Counsel
Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade
Lester B. Pearson Building
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa
Ontario K1A 0G2
Canada
Tel: 1 613 996 3863
Fax: 1 613 992 6483
E-mail: [email protected]

CHINA - CHINE -

Representative

Shumin WANG
Deputy Director
Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
30 Bai Shi Qiao Road
100081, Beijing
China
Tel: 86 10 62186628
Fax: 86 10 62186629
E-mail: [email protected]

Alternate

Shengzhi SUN
Alternate Permanent Representative
Permanent Representation of China to FAO
Via della Caffarella 9
Rome
Italy
Tel: 39 06 5137345
Fax: 39 06 5137344

COLOMBIA - COLOMBIE - COLOMBIA

Representante
Juan Lucas RESTREPO
Director General de Política Sectorial
Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural
Av. Jiménez #7-65, Cuarto piso
Bogotá
Colombia
E-mail: [email protected]

Suplente
Ricardo TORRES
Asesor de Colciencias
Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural
Calle 134 #13-83 (821)
Bogotá
Colombia
Tel: 57 1 6331676/5200109
Fax: 57 1 6331676
E-mail: [email protected]m

Adjunto
Bernardo O. ZULUAGA BOTERO
Representante Permanente Adjunto
Embajada de la República de Colombia
Via Giuseppe Pisanelli 4, int.5
00196 Roma
Italia
Tel: 39 06 3612131
Fax: 39 06 3612131
E-mail: [email protected]

Asesor
Mario LOBO
Coordinador, Recursos Fitogenéticos
Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural
C.I. La Selva
A.A 470
Rionegro, Ant.
Colombia
Tel: 57 45371133
Fax: 57 45370146
E-mail: [email protected]

CUBA

Representante
Sra María Elena RODRIGUEZ FUENTES
Presidenta
Comisión Nacional de Recursos Genéticos
Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología
y Medio Ambiente
Calle 20, #4103, esq. 18A y47
Playa C. Habana
Cuba
Tel: 53 7 230245/227009
Fax: 53 7 249460

E-mail: [email protected]

ETHIOPIA - ETHIOPIE - ETIOPIA

Representative
Abebe DEMISSIE
A/General Manager
Institute of Biodiversity Conservation
and Research
P.O. Box 30726
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Tel: 251 1 612244, 615607
Fax: 251 1 613722
E-mail: [email protected]

Alternate
Tewolde Berhan GEBRE EGZIABHER
General Manager
Environmental Protection Authority
PO Box 12760
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Tel: 251 1 186197
Fax: 251 1 610077/615197
E-mail: [email protected]

Adviser
Worku DAMENA
Head, Policy and Legislation Department
Environmental Protection Authority
PO Box 12760
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Tel: 251 1 186181
Fax: 251 1 610077/615197
E-mail: scse/[email protected]

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - MEMBER ORGANIZATION
COMMUNAUTE EUROPEENNE - ORGANISATION MEMBRE
COMUNIDAD EUROPEA - ORGANIZACION MIEMBRO

Représentant
Gerasimos APOSTOLATOS
Administrateur principal
Commission européenne
SANCO/E1
86 rue de la Loi
1040 Bruxelles
Belgique
Tél: 32 2 2964910
Fax: 32 2 2969399

Conseiller
Aldo SIRAGUSA
Administrateur principal
Conseil de le l'Union européenne
170 rue de la Loi
1048 Bruxelles
Belgique
Tél: 32 2 2856543
Fax: 32 2 2857686
E-mail: [email protected]

Observateur
Mme Sonia SANTOS
DG B - Agriculture
Secrétariat du Conseil de l'Union européenne
175 rue de la Loi
1040 Bruxelles
Belgique
Tél: 32 2 2857384
Fax: 32 2 2857686
E-mail: [email protected]

FINLAND - FINLANDE - FINLANDIA

Representative
Ms Mirja SUURNÄKKI
Counsellor
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
P.O. Box 232
00171 Helsinki
Finland
Tel: 358 9 1602420
Fax: 358 9 16088663
E-mail: [email protected]

Alternate
Ms Leena HÖMMÖ
Special Research Advisor
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
P.O. Box 232
00171 Helsinki
Finland
Tel: 358 9 16088664
Fax: 358 9 16088663
E-mail: [email protected]

Adviser
Sami NIEMI
Senior Advisor
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
P.O. Box 232
00171 Helsinki
Finland
Tel: 358 9 1603373
Fax: 358 9 1604285
E-mail: [email protected]

FRANCE- FRANCE - FRANCIA

Représentant

Mme Andrée SONTOT
Chargée de mission
Bureau des ressources génétiques
16 rue Claude Bernard
75231 - Paris Cedex 05
France
Tél: 33 1 44087270
Fax: 33 1 44087263
E-mail: [email protected]

Adjoints

Mme Isabelle CLEMENT-NISSOU
Chargée de mission
Direction de la production et des échanges
Ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche
3 rue Barbet de Jouy
75007 Paris
France
Tél: 33 1 49554577
Fax: 33 1 49555942

E-mail: [email protected]

Mme Marianne LEFORT
Directrice
Bureau des ressources génétiques
16 rue Claude Bernard
75231 - Paris Cedex 05
France
Tél: 33 1 44087261
Fax: 33 1 44087263
E-mail: [email protected]

Mme Régine LOOSLI-SURRANS
Chargée de mission
Direction des affaires juridiques
Ministère des affaires étrangères
37 Quai d'Orsay
75007 Paris
France
Tél: 33 1 43175382
Fax: 33 1 47539495

GERMANY - ALLEMAGNE - ALEMANIA

Representative
Wilbert HIMMIGHOFEN
Head of Division
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Rochusstr. 1
D-53123 Bonn
Germany
Tel: 49 228 5293550
Fax: 49 228 5294276
E-mail: [email protected]

Advisers

Frank BEGEMANN
Head of IGR
ZADI/IGR
Villichgasse 17
53177 Bonn
Germany
Tel: 49 228 9548200
Fax: 49 228 9548220
E-mail: [email protected]

Mrs Beate Weiskopf
GTZ
PO Box 5180
65726 Eschborn
Germany
Tel: 49 6196 791432
Fax: 49 6196 797173
E-mail: [email protected]

INDIA - INDE- INDIA

Representative
Prem Lal GAUTAM
Director
National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
Ministry of Agriculture
Pusa Campus
New Delhi - 110012
India
Tel: 91 11 5783697/5739575
Fax: 91 11 5731495/5819459
E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]

Alternate
Mrs Neela GANGADHARAN
Minister (Agricuture)
Alternate Permanent Representative of
India to FAO
Embassy of the Republic of India
Via XX Settembre 5
00187 Rome
Italy
Tel: 39 06 4201 3972
Fax: 39 06 48904470
E-mail: [email protected]

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF -
IRAN, REPUBLIQUE ISLAMIQUE D' -
IRAN, REPUBLICA ISLAMICA DEL

Representative
Mohammad TAEB
Research Deputy to Deputy Minister of Research,
Extension and Education
Ministry of Agriculture
AREEO Tabnak Ave.
Tehran
Islamic Republic of Iran
Tel: 98 21 2400857
Fax: 98 21 2400568
E-mail: [email protected]r
t [email protected]

JAPAN - JAPON - JAPON

Representative

Kasumasa SHIOYA
Deputy Director
International Cooperation Planning Division
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries
1-2-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-Ku
Tokyo
100-8950 Japan
Tel: 81 3 3502 8111, ext. 2855
Fax: 81 3 3502 8083
E-mail: [email protected]

Alternates
Katsuhiko TAKAHASHI
Deputy Director
Developing Economies Division
Economic Affairs Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1-2-1, Kasumigaseki
Tokyo
Japan
Tel: 81 3 3581 5794/3580 3311, ext. 2891
Fax: 81 3 3592 0504
E-mail: [email protected]

Masao OKAWA
Deputy Director
Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources
Liaison and Coordination Division
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
1-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-Ku
Tokyo
100-8950 Japan
Tel: 81 3 3502 8111, ext. 5078
Fax: 81 3 5511 8622
E-mail: [email protected]

KOREA REPUBLIC OF -
COREE, REPUBLIQUE DE -
COREA, REPUBLICA DE -

Representative
Kyeong-sang RHO
Deputy Permanent Representative to FAO
Embassy of the Republic of Korea
Via Barnaba Oriani 30
00197 Rome
Italy
Tel: 39 06 8088769
Fax: 39 06 80687794
E-mail: [email protected]

Alternate
Chang Hyun KIM
Deputy Director
Agricultural Production Division
Korean Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
1 Joongang Kwachon
Kyunggi
Korea
Tel: 82 2 5037281
Fax: 82 2 5093863
E-mail: [email protected]

Adviser
Yong-Jin PARK
Junior Researcher
Plant Genetic Resources Division
National Seed Management Office
RDA, MAFF
Anyang 6-dong 433, Anyang
South Korea
Tel: 82 331 2992793
Fax: 82 331 2946029
E-mail: [email protected]

LIBYA - LIBYE - LIBIA -

Representative
Issam M. ZAWIA
Counsellor and Alternate Representative
to FAO
Permanent Representation of the Socialist
People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to FAO
Via Nomentana 365
00162 Rome
Italy
Tel: 39 06 8603880
Fax: 39 06 8603880

MALAYSIA - MALAISIE - MALASIA

Representative
Engsiang LIM
Principal Assistant Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture
Wisma Tani
Jalan Sultan Salahuddin
50624 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: 603 2954271
Fax: 603 2917991
E-mail: [email protected]

Alternate
Khairuddin MD TAHIR
Agricultural Attaché
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Embassy of Malaysia
Via Nomentana 297
00162 Rome
Italy
Tel: 39 06 8419296
Fax: 39 06 8555110
E-mail: [email protected]

MALTA - MALTE- MALTA

Representative
Francis MONTANARO MIFSUD
Ambassador
Permanent Representation of the Republic of
Malta to FAO
Lungotevere Marzio 12
00186 Rome
Italy
Tel: 39 06 6879990
Fax: 39 06 6892687

MEXICO - MEXIQUE - MEXICO

Representante
Eduardo BENITEZ PAULIN
Director, Servicio Nacional de Inspección
y Certificación de Semillas (SNICS)
Secretaría Agricultura, Ganadería y
Desarrollo Rural (SAGAR)
Lope De Vega 125, piso 2
Chapultepec - Morales
México 11570 DF
Tel: 52 52039427
Fax: 52 5250 6483
E-mail: [email protected]

MOROCCO - MAROC - MARRUECOS -

Représentant
Hamdoune MELLAS
Chef du Département de génétique appliquée
Institut national de la recherche agronomique
Ministère de l'agriculture, du développement
rural et des pêches maritimes
B.P. 415 - Bd Annasr -
Rabat
Maroc
Tél: 212 7 707295
Fax: 212 7 770049
E-mail: [email protected]

NETHERLANDS - PAYS- BAS - PAISES BAJOS

Representative
Peter VERMEIJ
Deputy Director
Department of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and
Fisheries
Bezuidenhoutseweg 73
P.O. Box 20401
2500 EK The Hague
The Netherlands
Tel: 31 70 3784248
Fax: 31 70 3786158
E-mail: [email protected]

NEW ZEALAND -
NOUVELLE-ZELANDE -
NUEVA ZELANDIA

Representative
Peter KETTLE
Director, Biosecurity and Science Policy
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
P.O. Box 2526
Wellington
New Zealand
Tel: 64 4 4744150
Fax: 64 4 4730118
E-mail: [email protected]

Alternate
Ms Eleanor THOMSON
Senior Policy Officer, Environment
Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Private Bag 18-901
Wellington
New Zealand
Tel: 64 4 4732189
Fax: 64 4 4948507
E-mail: [email protected]

NORWAY - NORVÈGE - NORUEGA

Representative

Ms Grethe EVJEN
Senior Executive Officer
Ministry of Agriculture
P.O. Box 8007 Dep.
0030 Oslo
Norway
Tel: 47 22 249311
Fax: 47 22 249559
E-mail: [email protected]
Adviser
Jan BORRING
Adviser
Ministry of the Environment
P.O. Box 8013 Dep.
0030 Oslo
Norway
Tel: 47 22 245963
Fax: 47 22 242755
E-mail: [email protected]

PHILIPPINES - PHILIPPINES - FILIPINAS

Representative

Noel DE LUNA
Agricultural Attaché
Deputy Permanent Representative
to FAO
Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines
Viale delle Medaglie d'Oro 112
00136 Rome
Italy
Tel: 39 06 39746717/39746622
Fax: 39 06 39889925
E-mail: [email protected]

Alternates

Nestor C. ALTOVEROS
Division Head
National Plant Genetic Resources Laboratory
University of the Philippines Los Baños
College, Laguna
Philippines
Tel: 63 49 5454438
Fax: 63 49 5363438
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms Maria Luisa B. GAVINO

Assistant Agricultural Attaché
Alternate Permanent Representative
to FAO
Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines
Viale delle Medaglie d'Oro 112
00136 Rome
Italy
Tel: 39 06 39746717/39746622
Fax: 39 06 39889925
E-mail: [email protected]

Associate

Renato SALAZAR
Coordinator
Southeast Asia Regional Institute for
Community Education (SEARICE)
Unit 331 Eagle Court Condominium
26 Matalino Street
Central District, Diliman
Quezon City, Manila
Philippines
Tel: 63 2 9226710
Fax: 63 2 9226710
E-mail: [email protected]

POLAND - POLOGNE - POLONIA

Representative
Zofia BULINSKA-RADOMSKA
Ministry of Agriculture
Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute
Radzików
05-807 Blonie
Poland
Tel: 48 22 7253611
Fax: 48 22 7254714
E-mail: [email protected]

ROMANIA - ROUMANIE - RUMANIA

Représentant
Liviu FÃRTÃIS
Chercheur
Banque de ressources phytogénétiques
B-DUL 1 Decembrie - 1918 N 17
Suceava - 5800
Roumanie
Tél: 40 30 227087
Fax: 40 30 227087
E-mail: [email protected]

Suppléant
Ioan PAVEL
Conseiller
Représentant permanent adjoint
Ambassade de Roumanie
Via Nicolò Tartaglia 36
00197 Rome
Italie
Tél: 39 06 8078807
Fax: 39 06 8084995

SAMOA

Representative
William CABLE
Registrar of Pesticides
Ministry of Agriculture, Forests,
Fisheries and Meteorology
P.O. Box 1874
Apia
Samoa
Tel: 685 22 561 (ext. 16)
Fax: 685 22 171
E-mail: c/o [email protected]

SENEGAL

Représentant
Paul Thérence SENGHOR
Responsable de l'Unité de recherche commune
en culture in vitro (URCI)
Institut sénégalais de recherche
agricole (ISRA)
Ministère de l'agriculture
ISRA/DG Fleuve
BP 3120
Dakar
Sénégal
Tél: 221 849 33 33
Fax: 221 832 24 27

SOUTH AFRICA -
AFRIQUE DU SUD -
SUDÁFRICA

Representative
Mishack MOLOPE
Chief Director
Sustainable Resource Use
National Department of Agriculture
and Land Affairs
Private Bag X250
Pretoria 0001
South Africa
Tel: 27 12 3196446
Fax: 27 12 3196071
E-mail: [email protected]

SWITZERLAND - SUISSE - SUISA

Représentant
Gert KLEIJER
Station fédérale de recherches en
production végétale de Changins (RAC)
C.P. 254
1260 Nyon 1
Suisse
Tél: 41 22 363 47 22
Fax: 41 22 361 54 69
E-mail: [email protected]

Suppléants
Mme Christina E. GRIEDER
Direction du développement et de la
coopération (DDC)
Sous-chef, Division de l'agriculture
Freiburgstrasse 130
3003 Berne
Suisse
Tél: 41 31 322 34 89
Fax: 41 31 324 87 41
E-mail: [email protected]

Martin A. GIRSBERGER
Juriste, Affaires internationales
Institut fédéral de la propriété intellectuelle
Einsteinstrasse 2
CH - 3003Berne
Suisse
Tél: 41 31 324 48 63
Fax: 41 31 350 05 66
E-mail: [email protected]

Adjoint
Robert LAMB
Conseiller supérieur
Office fédéral de l'environnement, des
forêts et du paysage (OFEFP)
3003 Berne
Suisse
Tél: 41 31 3244989
Fax: 41 31 3230349
E-mail: [email protected]

TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF
TANZANIE, REPUBLIQUE-UNIE DE
TANZANIA, REPUBLICA UNIDA DE

UNITED KINGDOM - ROYAUME-UNI - REINO UNIDO

Representative
Martin SMITH
National Coordinator for Plant Genetic Resources
Research Policy and International Division
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
St. Christopher House
80-112 Southwark Street
London SE1 OUD
United Kingdom
Tel: 44 171 921 2394
Fax: 44 171 921 1803
E-mail: [email protected]

Alternate
Ms Linda BROWN
Senior Environment and Research Adviser
Natural Resources Research Department
Department for International Development
94 Victoria Street
London SW1E 5JL
United Kingdom
Tel: 44 171 917 0110
Fax: 44 171 917 0679
E-mail: [email protected]

Associates
Ms Jane Bulmer
Legal Adviser
Department of the Environment,
Transport and the Regions
R9/H9 Eland House, Bressenden Place
London SW1E 5DU
United Kingdom

Jonathan TILLSON
CBD Coordinator
Department of the Environment,
Transport and the Regions
Floor 4/A1 Ashdown House
123 Victoria Street
London SW1E 6DE
Tel: 44 171 890 6201
Fax: 44 171 890 6239
E-mail: [email protected]

Adviser
Ms Kerry TEN KATE
Conventions and Policy Section
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew, Richmond
Surrey TW9 3AE
United Kingdom
Tel: 44 181 332 5741
Fax: 44 181 332 5757
E-mail: [email protected]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -
ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE -
ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Representative
Mrs Barbara TOBIAS
Director
Office of Ecology and Terrestrial Conservation
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520-6310
USA
Tel: 1 202 647 2418
Fax: 1 202 736 7351
E-mail: [email protected]

Alternate
Mrs Cathleen ENRIGHT
U.S. Department of State
OES Bureau/STH Office
Rm 5806, 2201 C St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20520
USA
Tel: 1 202 736 7428
Fax: 1 202 736 7351
E-mail: [email protected]

Associates
Peter BRETTING
National Program Leader
United States Department for Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
5601 Sunnyside Dr.
Beltsville, MD 20705-5139
USA
Tel: 1 301 504 5541
Fax: 1 301 504 6191
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms Sabrina SAFRIN
Attorney-Adviser
U.S. Department of State
21st and C Street NW
Suite 6420
Washington, D.C. 20520
USA
Tel: 1 202 647 1698
Fax: 1 202 736 7115

Advisers
Robert B. BERTRAM
Multilateral Research Advisor
Office of Agriculture and Food Security
Coordinator for Multilateral Research
USAID
9/EGAD/AFS
Washington, D.C. 20523
USA
Tel: 1 202 712 5064
Fax: 1 202 216 3010
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms Vonda Kimble DELAWIE
Alternate Permanent Representative
U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies
for Food and Agriculture
Via Sardegna 49
00187 Rome
Italy
Tel: 39 06 4674 3515
Fax: 39 06 4788 7043
E-mail: [email protected]

URUGUAY

Representante
Gustavo BLANCO
Presidente
Instituto Nacional de Semillas (INASE)
Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca
Aud. Millan 4703
Montevideo
Uruguay
Tel: 598 2 3097832
Fax: 598 2 3096053
E-mail: [email protected]

VENEZUELA

Representante
Fernando GERBASI
Embajador
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Carrera 11#87-51 piso 5
Bogotá
Colombia
Tel: 57 1 6401262
E-mail: [email protected]

Suplente
Sra Maritza CAMPO
Ministro Consejero
Representante Permanente Adjunto ante
la FAO
Embajada de la República de Venezuela
Via Nicolò Tartaglia 11
00197 Roma
Italia
Tel: 39 06 8079797
Fax: 39 06 8084410

Asesor
Sra Margaret GUTIERREZ MULAS
Investigadora en el Area de Recursos
Fitogenéticos
Fondo Nacional de Investigaciones
Agropecuarias (FONAIAP)
Ministerio de Agricultura y Cría
Av. Principal Via El Limón
Area Universitaria Ed 08
CENIAP - Maracay
Venezuela
Tel: 58 43 455470
Fax: 58 43 471066
E-mail: [email protected]

ZAMBIA - ZAMBIE - ZAMBIA

ZIMBABWE

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
ORGANISATIONS INTERGOUVERNEMENTALES
ORGANIZACIONES INTERGUBERNAMENTALES

SECRETARIAT OF THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY - SECRETARIAT POUR LA CONVENTION SUR LA DIVERSITÉ BIOLOGIQUE - SECRETARÍA DEL CONVENIO SOBRE DIVERSIDAD BIOLÓGICA

David COOPER
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
393 St. Jacques Street (Office 300)
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H2Y IN9
Tel: 1 514 2877012
Fax: 1 514 2886588
E-mail: [email protected]

INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRES - CENTRES INTERNATIONAUX DE RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE - CENTROS INTERNACIONALES DE INVESTIGACION AGRICOLA

INTERNATIONAL PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES INSTITUTE - INSTITUT INTERNATIONAL DES RESSOURCES PHYTOGENETIQUES - INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE RECURSOS FITOGENETICOS

Cary FOWLER
Senior Advisor to the Director General
IPGRI/CGIAR

NORAGRIC
Agricultural University of Norway
Box 5001
1432 Aas
Norway
Tel: 47 64949824
Fax: 47 64940760
E-mail: [email protected]

Ms. Susan BRAGDON
Senior Scientist, Law and Policy
IPGRI
Via delle Sette Chiese 142
00145 Rome
Italy
Tel: 39 06 51892225
Fax: 39 06 5750309

APPENDIX B

MEMBERS OF THE CONTACT GROUP

Angola
Argentina
Australia
Benin
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Canada
China
Colombia
Cuba
European Community
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Germany
India
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Libya
Malaysia

Malta
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Romania
Samoa
Senegal
South Africa
Switzerland
Tanzania, United Republic of
United Kingdom
Uruguay
United States of America
Venezuela
Zambia
Zimbabwe

1 Pending the adoption of symmetrical terms in Articles 12 and 13.

2 Pending the adoption of symmetrical text in Article 13.

3 Pending the adoption of Article 17.

4 Pending discussion of Articles 12 and 13.

5 The information system shall be described later.

6 Pending discussion as appropriate under other Articles.