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ratification of Ireland 2011December 8, 2011:
Ireland ratifies the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention
 


Mr. Peter Button, Vice Secretary-General, UPOV and
H.E. Mr. Gerard Corr, Ambassador of Ireland





November 1, 2011:  UPOV launches redesigned website

 

Symposium on Plant Breeding for the Future
Geneva, October 21, 2011

pdf, UPOV Council Sets Biennial Program, Marks 50th Anniversary of the UPOV Convention UPOV Press Release No. 87
(Geneva, October 20, 2011)
UPOV Council Sets Biennial Program, Marks 50th Anniversary of the UPOV Convention

Seminario Internacional Sobre Derechos de Obtentor
(Mexico D.F., Mexico, 31 de agosto de 2011)
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VII Taller Internacional de Evaluación DHE de Variedades Vegetales
(Estado de México, 1 de septiembre de 2011)

Symposium on Plant Variety Protection
(Seoul, Republic of Korea, July 13, 2011)
Presentations:
 pdf, Presentation by Peter Button UPOV   pdf, Presentation by Japan Japan  pdf, Presentation by ASPA ASPA

pdf, Peru accedes to the UPOV Convention  UPOV Press Release No. 86
(Geneva, July 8, 2011)
Peru accedes to the UPOV Convention

pdf, UPOV Council holds Annual Session UPOV Press Release No. 85
(Geneva, April 8, 2011)
UPOV Council Holds Annual Session

UPOV Seminar on Plant Variety Protection and Technology Transfer: the Benefits of Public-Private Partnership
(Geneva, April 11 and 12, 2011)
Program and Presentations
pdf, Closing remarks by the Chairs Closing remarks by the Chairs

pdf, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia accedes to the UPOV Convention UPOV Press Release No. 84
(Geneva, April 4, 2011)
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia accedes to the UPOV Convention

UPOV DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE DL-205
"Introduction to the UPOV System of Plant Variety Protection 
Under the UPOV Convention"
Course dates: May 9 to June 12, 2011


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Reply of January 23, 2009, to the letter of the Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) of December 19, 2008, providing a peer review of the draft “Study on the relationship between the ABS International Regimen and other international instruments which govern the use of genetic resources: The World Trade Organization (WTO); the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); and the Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)”
Letter of UPOV Letter of UPOV pdf, Comments of UPOV on Draft Study Comments of UPOV on Draft Study

 

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