Report of the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Biosafety

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Provisional agenda

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Adoption of the agenda
Annotations to the provisional agenda

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Adoption of the Rules of Procedure for meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

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Report of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

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Report of the Intergovernmental Committee on the work of its first meeting

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Report of the Intergovernmental Committee on the work of its second meeting

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Report of the Intergovernmental Committee on the work of its third meeting

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Procedures and mechanisms for facilitating decision-making by Parties of import (article 10, paragraph 7)

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Information-sharing and the Biosafety Clearing-House (Article 20)

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Capacity-building for implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Article 22, Article 28)

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Roster of experts

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Operational guidelines for the Coordination Mechanism

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Indicators for monitoring implementation of the Action Plan

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Handling, transport, packaging and identification of living modified organisms (Article 18)

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Compliance (Article 34)
Procedures and mechanisms on compliance under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

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Liability and redress (Article 27)
Terms of reference for the Open-Ended Ad Hoc Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: synthesis report of submissions received from Parties, other Governments and organizations

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Update on developments in national, international and regional legal instruments on liability and redress

18.

Monitoring and reporting under the Protocol (Article 33): Format and timing for reporting

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Secretariat (article 31, para.3)
Programme budget for the biosafety work programme for the biennium 2005-2006

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Guidance to the financial mechanism

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Consideration of other issues necessary for the effective implementation of the Protocol (e.g. Article 29, paragraph 4)

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Medium-term programme of work for the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Biosafety protocol (from the second to the fifth meetings)

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Report of the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Biosafety

1.

Information sharing and the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH)
Compilation of views on the status, operations and modalities of the Biosafety Clearing House

2.

The capacity building (Article 22 and Article 28, paragraph 3)
Compilation of Submissions on Capacity-building and an Update on Existing Projects and Other Initiatives

3.

Handling, transport, packaging and identification (Article 18)
Compilation of views and relevant information on Article 18 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

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Compliance (Article 34)
Compilation of views on draft procedures and mechanisms on compliance under the Biosafety Protocol

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Liability and redress (Article 27)
Compilation of information on national, regional and international measures and agreements in the field of liability and redress for damage resulting from the transboundary movements of living modified organisms

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Liability and redress (Article 27)
Compilation of views submitted in response to questionnaire on liability and redress for damage resulting from transboundary movement of LMOs

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Liability and redress (Article 27)
Compilation of views on terms of reference for an Open-Ended Ad Hoc Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of Article 27 of the Protocol

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Report of the workshop on liability and redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

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Monitoring and reporting (Article 33)
Compilation of views on the draft format for reporting under Article 33 of the Protocol

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Consideration of other issues necessary for the effective implementation of the Protocol (e.g., Article 29, para. 4)
Compilation of views submitted by Parties, other Governments and organizations

11.

Medium term programme of work
Compilation of views submitted on items to be included in a medium-term programme of work for the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

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List of all official documents prepared for meetings organized by the Secretariat on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety between the adoption of the Protocol and the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol

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Information sharing and the Biosafety Clearing-House (Article 20, paragraph 4)
Notes from the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol regarding the Biosafety Clearing-House

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Information-sharing and the Biosafety Clearing-House
Guidelines for national participation in the Biosafety Clearing-House

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Entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Requirements that need to be fulfilled following the date of entry into force

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Outreach strategy for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

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Technical meeting: implementation of the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) in industrialised countries. Experiences and future development

18.

Summary report on the status of the nomination of the relevant National Focal Points, Competent National Authorities, Points of Contact for Emergency Measures and Biosafety Clearing-House Focal Points

19.

GEF support for capacity-building

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Letter from the Directorate for Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Information for participants.

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Information for participants (corrigendum)

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On-line side events request form

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Pre-registration form

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Request for side-events form

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Calendar of Side Events

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UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/1/NTF/2004/07/MOP

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Procedures for media accreditation