Held from 1-5 May 2006, in Ottawa, Canada, the 34th session of the Codex Committee on Food Labeling established a working group to develop guidance on GM food labeling, notwithstanding a proposal to suspend negotiations on the issue.
A contact group established by the Interim Committee of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR) has agreed on a draft standard material transfer agreement (MTA) to be used for exchange of material covered by the multilateral system established by the Treaty.
Held from 10-14 April 2006, in Paris, France, the Codex Alimentarius Committee on General Principles achieved little progress on the proposed draft working principles for risk analysis for food safety, and decided to forward them to a newly established working group for examination before considering them again.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has created a fund to boost the involvement of indigenous and local communities in efforts to protect their cultural knowledge and arts from misuse in the world market.
The fifth meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats, established under the Convention on Migratory Species, is organized by the UNEP/EUROBATS Secretariat.
This Conference is organized by the University of Cambridge and the International Food Policy Research Institute, in association with Diversitas and the UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
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