Distr.

CONVENTION ON	GENERAL

BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

UNEP/CBD/COP/2/18

24 October 1995

ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE

CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Second meeting

Jakarta, 6-17 November 1995

Item 8.3 of the provisional agenda

FAO GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES

FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

At the request of the Secretariat of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the report on the FAO Global System for the Conservation and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, contained in annex, is made available to assist the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties in the consideration of item 5.9 of its medium term programme of work: Relationship with the FAO Global System for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.