The delegations of Canada, France, Germany (Federal Republic of), Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States of America reserved their positions with respect to this Resolution.
THE CONFERENCE
,
Having adopted
Resolution 8/83 "International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources" which includes the text of the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources (hereinafter referred to as "the Undertaking") as an Annex to that Resolution, and
Having noted
that Article 9.2 of "the Undertaking" states that FAO will establish an intergovernmental body to monitor the operation of the arrangements referred to in Article 7 of "the Undertaking" and take or recommend measures that are necessary or desirable to ensure the comprehensiveness of the global system and the efficiency of its operations in line with "the Undertaking",
Requests
the
Council
to establish at its next session a
Commission on Plant Genetic Resources
in accordance with
Article VI, paragraph 1, of the Constitution, open to all Member Nations and Associate Members, which would meet at the same time as the regular sessions of the
Committee on Agriculture
. The Terms of Reference of the Commission shall be as follows:
(a)
to monitor the operation of the arrangements referred to in Article 7 of "the Undertaking",
(b)
to recommend measures that are necessary or desirable in order to ensure the comprehensiveness of the global system and the efficiency of its operation in line with "the Undertaking", and in particular,
(c)
to review all matters relating to the policy, programmes and activities of FAO in the field of plant genetic resources, and to give advice to the Committee on Agriculture or, where appropriate, to the
