APPENDIX A

AGENDA OF THE NINTH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

14-18 October 2002

1. Election of Chair and Vice-Chairs

2. Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable

3. Animal Genetic Resources

3.1 Report of the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

3.2 Progress Report on the development of the First Report on the State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources in the context of the Global Strategy for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources

3.3 Future work of the Working Group and election of its members

4. Plant Genetic Resources

4.1 Report of the First Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

4.2 Implementing, and monitoring the implementation of, the Global Plan of Action, and preparation of the second Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources

4.3 Facilitating the implementation of the Global Plan of Action

4.4 Progress reports on other elements of the FAO Global System for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

1. Ex situ collections of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture held by the International Agricultural Research Centres of the CGIAR and other international institutions
2. Renewal of the Agreements between the International Agricultural Research Centres and the Food and Agriculture Organization, placing Collections of Plant Germplasm under the Auspices of the FAO
3. International Plant Genetic Resources Networks
4. The Global Information System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
5. In Situ Conservation Areas

4.5 Future work of the Working Group and election of its members

5. Consideration of FAO’s policies, programmes and activities on genetic resources for food and agriculture

6. Reports from international organizations on their policies, programmes and activities on agricultural biological diversity

7. Cooperation with the Convention on Biological Diversity

8. Report on the status of the Codes of Conduct:

8.1 International Code of Conduct for Plant Germplasm Collecting and Transfer

8.2 Draft Code of Conduct on Biotechnology as it relates to Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

9. Future work of the Commission

10. Other business

11. Date and place of the next Regular Session

12. Adoption of the Report