his section presents information about the WANA Seed Network. It regularly updates the progress of Network activities and reports on the meetings of Steering Committee and WANA Seed Council.

Network Publications
The revision of three Network publications namely; WANA Variety Catalogue, WANA Field and Seed Standards Catalogue and WANA Seed Directory is progressing very well. The catalogue of weed species is now printed and being distributed.

Focus on Seed Programs
Since 1994, 16 issues of the 'Focus' series on national seed programs of member countries were published and that leaves only Iran and Saudi Arabia to complete this important series. Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Oman, Turkey and Yemen have updated their 'Focuses' to reflect recent developments in national seed programs while Algeria, Iraq, Jordan and Pakistan have relatively recent contributions. It is hoped to finalize all revisions from member countries and to publish the updated version in the near future.

Change of Network Representatives
Mr Mohammed Ramadan Omar from the Agricultural Research Center has replaced Mr Ahmed Zintani who served as the Country Representative of Libya to the WANA Seed Network since 1995. We would like to thank Mr Zintani for his valuable contribution to the Network during his term as representative of Libya. We also would like to welcome Mr Ramadan as a new Country Representative and look forward to his contribution to the objectives of the Network. His contact address is: Mr Mohamed Ramadan Omar, Agricultural Research Center, P.O Box 2480-3697, Tripoli, Libya; Tel: ++218-21-3616864; Fax: ++218-21-3614993; E-mail: MohamedramadanOmar@lycos.com.

Change of Address
The area code for telephone and fax numbers has been changed for Tunis. The old area code of 1 is now changed to 71 with other numbers remaining the same.  The full address of the Country Representative of Tunisia is now as follows: Mr Aissa Bouziri, Sous-Directeur du Contrôle et Certification des Semences et Plants, Ministere de l'Agriculture, 30 Rue Alain Savary, Tunis; Tel: ++216-71-800419; Fax: ++216-71-800419.

Seed Info Available Online
The first issue of Seed Info was published over a decade ago in June 1991. With the establishment of the WANA Seed Network in 1992, it soon became the official newsletter of the Network. Since then 22 issues have been published covering a wide range of subjects focusing on policy, regulatory, technical and institutional issues affecting the national, regional and global seed industries. The newsletter attempts to be as informative as possible through regular contributions from country representatives and observers of the Network as well as interested individuals who wish to share their news and views with our readers.
        In the era of information technology, online publishing becomes increasingly popular particularly for the newsletters. Through electronic publishing, news can easily be packaged and sent effectively and reliably to many interested groups who have access to the internet. This reduces the time and resources spent on keeping track of mailing lists and sending out printed materials.
        To benefit our readers with access to the internet the English version of Seed Info is now available on the ICARDA website each time a new edition is ready for printing. However, we will continue publishing and distributing the printed newsletter as before and we would like your feedback to update our mailing list. Those of you who have access to the internet and wish to be removed from our mailing list because of this new facility please let us know.
        The Secretariat of the WANA Seed Network is hoping to put most of its publications on the website so that member countries and observers and the public at large could access the information.