The Friends of the Co-Chairs meeting on access and benefit-sharing (ABS), organized in the framework of the negotiations for an international regime on ABS, was held from 26-29 January 2010, in Montreal, Canada.

Working in a positive atmosphere, participants addressed: several issues related to access, benefit-sharing, and compliance, and the relationship between the three items; derivatives; traditional knowledge; and implementation questions.
Links to further information
The meeting website
Paper on selected key issues submitted by the Co-Chairs