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Ghana joins UPOV as 78th Member

As per press release by UPOV(here), Ghana accedes to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants Ghana deposited its instrument of accession to the UPOV Convention on November 3, 2021 and became the seventy-eighth member of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) on December 3, 2021.

UPOV is an intergovernmental organization based in Geneva. The purpose of UPOV is to provide and promote an effective system of plant variety protection, with the aim of encouraging the development of new varieties of plants, for the benefit of society. UPOV has 78 members covering 97 States. The members of UPOV are: African Intellectual Property Organization, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Ghana (as of December 3, 2021), Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan and Viet Nam. For further information about UPOV, please contact the UPOV Secretariat: Tel: (+41-22) 338 9111 E-mail: upov.mail@upov.int

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