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GENERAL

UNEP/CBD/BSWG/5/1

29 June 1998

ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

OPEN-ENDED AD HOC WORKING

GROUP ON BIOSAFETY

Fifth meeting

Montreal, 17-28 August 1998

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

1.	Opening of the meeting.

2.	Adoption of the agenda.

3.	Confirmation and constitution of the Bureau.

4.	Organization of work.

5.	Elaboration of a Protocol on Biosafety in accordance with decision II/5 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

6.	Dates and venues of meetings of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety for 1998/99.

7	Adoption of the report.

8	Closure of the meeting.

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