This section provides a link to all of the pre-sessional official documents (available in the six UN official languages), the information documents (available in English only) and the notifications by the Executive Secretary to Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations pertaining to the meeting. This section provides a link to all of the pre-sessional official documents (available in the six UN official languages), the information documents (available in English only) and the notifications by the Executive Secretary to Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations pertaining to the meeting.

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COP 8   MOP 3

Welcome to COP 8 and COP-MOP 3

At the kind invitation of the Government of Brazil, the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 8) was held in Curitiba, Brazil from 20 to 31 March 2006. The meeting was preceeded by the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Biosafety Protocol (COP-MOP 3), from 13 to 17 March 2006.

What's New

2006-06-15
Report of the Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity available here.

2006-05-24
Report of the Third Meeting 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 available here.

2006-03-28
Tentative schedule of Ministerial statements on Wednesday, 29 March is available here.

2006-03-27
Opening Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf to the High-Level Ministerial Segment of COP 8. More.

2006-03-27
Top Natural History Centers Target the 2010 Biodiversity Target. More ...

2006-03-24
Information note for participants in the High Level Segment 26 to 29 March 2006 is available here.

2006-03-20
Global Biodiversity Outlook 2 Released at COP-8. More ...

2006-03-13
Ahmed Djoghlaf makes Opening Statement to COP-MOP 3. More...

2006-03-13
Opening Statement by Fatimah Raya Nasron, the President of the COP-MOP 3 to COP-MOP 3. More...

2006-03-13
BCH Training Workshop concludes successfully. More...

2006-02-14
Procedures for media accreditation. PDF

2006-01-17
Message of Ahmed Djoghlaf to the citizens of Brazil
I call on all citizens of Brazil to ensure that the Curitiba International Conference be remembered by future generations as the birth place of a new era of enhanced implementation of the Convention. View...