A/HRC/39/67 2. Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their own seeds and traditional knowledge. States are invited to implement article 9 (Farmers’ rights) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. 3.2 States shall take measures to respect, protect and fulfil the rights to concerning seeds of peasants and other people persons working in rural areas. 4.3. States shall ensure that a breeding and seeds sector is developed and/or has access to local markets, to provide seeds of sufficient quality and quantity are available to peasants at the most suitable time for planting, and at an affordable price. 5.4 States shall recognize the rights of peasants to rely either on their own seeds or on other locally available seeds of their choice, taking into account any existing plant variety protection rights, and to decide on the crops and species that they wish to grow. 6.5 States shall support commercial and where appropriate peasant seed systems, and promote the use of peasant seeds and agrobiodiversity. 7.6 States shall make efforts in order to ensure that agricultural research and development duly takes into account the needs of peasants and other people persons working in rural areas; they shall make efforts in order to ensure their active participation in the definition of priorities and the undertaking of research and development, take into account their experience, and increase investment into research and development of orphan crops and seeds that respond to the needs of peasants and other people persons working in rural areas. 8.7 States shall ensure that when defining seed policies, plant variety protection and other intellectual property laws, certification schemes and seed marketing laws respect the rights of peasants, should and take into account their the needs and realities of peasants and other persons working in rural areas. Argentina Sobre el derecho a las semillas: se reitera comentario efectuado durante la Cuarta Sesión del Grupo de Trabajo, en el sentido que las actividades vinculadas con las semillas deberían estar sujetas a la legislación nacional. Japan Title: Access (Rights) to seeds 1. Peasants and other people working in rural areas have the access (right) to seeds, including: 3. States shall take measures to respect, protect and fulfil the access (right) to seeds of peasants and other people working in rural areas. 8. States shall ensure that seed policies, plant variety protection and (other intellectual property laws), certification schemes and seed marketing laws respect the rights of peasants, and take into account their needs and realities. South Africa 3. South Africa proposes the addition of the word “promote” Chile 1. [Consistente con el artículo 5 y de conformidad a la legislación de cada Estado,] Los campesinos y otras personas que trabajan en las zonas rurales tienen derecho a [sus] las semillas, en particular: (a) El derecho a proteger los conocimientos tradicionales relativos a los recursos fitogenéticos para la alimentación y la agricultura; 44