GC38 Heritage Grains (2003-08-10-GC38-025)

That, having heard Petition #42, the 38th General Council request the United Nations through UNESCO:

  1. to declare that heritage seeds are protected as a world heritage;
  2. to take the necessary steps to invalidate all patents on such seeds;
  3. to see that reparation is made for harm caused by such patents to the peoples whose seeds have been pirated.

 

GC38 2003 ROP, p. 68

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