Kabir Bavikatte as per the request of the chairperson of the African Group of ABS negotiators developed a briefing document on ABS for African ministers who will be attending the Pan African Ministerial Conference in Windhoek from the 8th to 10th of March 2010. Kabir Bavikatte as the team-leader of the African team of drafters along with Olivier Rukundo an associate of Natural Justice, has helped prepare briefing documents for the African Group of negotiators to aid them in their preparations for the 9th Meeting of the Working Group on ABS to be held in Cali, Colombia from the 22nd to the 28th of March 2010.