L-R: View of the Working Group session from the perspective of the Working Group Co-Chairs
On Friday, the Working Group addressed:
• criteria and options for possible expansion of the coverage of the Multilateral System;
• development of a proposal for a growth plan to attain the enhanced Multilateral System; and
• preparations for the ninth meeting of the Working Group.On expansion of coverage of the Multilateral System, the Working Group requested that the Co-Chairs explore supportive measures to facilitate discussions, including explanatory notes that could be used for regional preparation.The Working Group then discussed proposals on the way forward in relation to the growth plan to attain the enhanced Multilateral System, focusing on procedural, legal, and trust-building measures.Participants noted that the ninth meeting of the Working Group will be held from 17-21 June 2019, in Rome. They then adopted the meeting’s report, highlighting divergent views on expansion of the coverage of the Multilateral System and on digital sequence information. Co-Chair Mozafari closed the meeting at 4:44 pm.
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L-R: Tobias Kiene, ITPGRFA Secretariat; Álvaro Toledo, ITPGRFA Secretariat; Hans Hoogeveen, Working Group Co-Chair; Javad Mozafari, Working Group Co-Chair; Kent Nnadozie, ITPGRFA Secretary; and Olivier Rukundo, ITPGRFA Secretariat
Thomas Meier, Europe
Manrique Lucio Altavista, Latin America and the Caribbean
Neha Lugo, North America
Teresa Agüero Teare, Latin America and the Caribbean
Axel Diederichsen, North America
Guy Kastler, Farmers Organization
Lhab Tshering, Asia
Pierre du Plessis, Civil Society
Ali Chehade, Near East
John Wasswa Mulumba, Africa
L-R: Delegates from Asia and the Near East with Nestor Altoveros, the Philippines; Lhab Tshering, Bhutan; Akio Yamamoto, Japan; Nurul Hidayatun, Indonesia; and Ali Chehade, Lebanon
L-R: Delegates from South West Pacific with Anna Willock, Australia, and Taimalietane Matatumua, Samoa
William Solano, Latin America and the Caribbean
Akio Yamamoto, Asia
Federico Condón, Latin America and the Caribbean
Nestor Altoveros, the Philippines
Anke Van Den Hurk, Seed Industry
Alwin Kopse, Europe
Álvaro Toledo, ITPGRFA Secretariat
José F. M. Valls, Latin America and the Caribbean
Kudzai Kusena, Africa
Hans Hoogeveen, Working Group Co-Chair
Javad Mozafari, Working Group Co-Chair, consulting with Kent Nnadozie, ITPGRFA Secretary
Javad Mozafari, Working Group Co-Chair
Kent Nnadozie, ITPGRFA Secretary
Delegates saying their goodbyes
L-R: Johanna Andowa, Africa; Kent Nnadozie, ITPGRFA Secretary; and Taimalietane Matatumua, South West Pacific
L-R: Francis Dejon; Elsa Tsioumani; Bernard Soubry; and Panos Pomakis, ENB/Reporting Services