DELEGATION FROM THE PHILIPPINES VISITS UNIDROIT

On 18 February 2015, Mr Virgilio R. de los Reyes, Secretary for Agrarian Reform, and Mr Francis N. Pangilinan, Secretary for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization of the Philippines, accompanied by Mr Lupiño J. Lazaro, Deputy Permanent Representative to FAO, IFAD and WFP and Ms Maris Gavino, Agri-Assistant, Embassy of the Philippines, Rome, met with Secretariat officers in Rome to discuss UNIDROIT activities in the area of agricultural development with particular relevance for the Philippines. The meeting focused on two particular topics: the forthcoming UNIDROIT/FAO /IFAD Legal Guide on Contract Farming and the preparation of a fourth Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to agricultural, construction and mining Equipment (the “MAC Protocol”).

 

From the left: Mr Virgilio R. de los Reyes, Secretary for Agrarian Reforms (Philippines), Ms Anna Veneziano (Deputy Secretary General of UNIDROIT), Ms Frederique Mestre (Senior Officer, UNIDROIT), Mr Francis N. Pangilinan, Secretary for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization (Philippines).

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