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December 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
(Bogotá D.C., 27 de septiembre de 2011)
Symposium on Plant Breeding for the Future
Geneva, October 21, 2011
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:
UPOV Japan ASPA
UPOV Press Release No. 86
(Geneva, July 8, 2011)
Peru accedes to the UPOV Convention
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
Closing remarks by the Chairs
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 Comments of UPOV on Draft Study
