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    <title>What's New on the Biosafety Protocol</title>
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      <title>The Report of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on the Work of Its Tenth Meeting is now available.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bscc-10/official/bscc-10-05-en.pdf</link>
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      <title>Mongolia ratified the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on 21 May 2013.</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Luxembourg ratified the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on 14 May 2013.</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Youth Guide to Biodiversity (1st edition), including a biosafety and agriculture part, is now available (page 122-123)</title>
      <link>https://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=104830</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>57th, 58th and 59th edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (April to June 2012) (July to December 2012) is now available.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/secretariat/qr/default.shtml</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Communiqué: European Union approves Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2013/pr-2013-03-26-eu-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Capacity Building Workshops for African Nationals Regarding (i) Nagoya Protocol on Access &amp; Benefit Sharing and Traditional Knowledge; and (ii) Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability &amp; Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 11 - 13 February 2013, Bangalore, India</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/speech/2013/sp-2013-02-11-india-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the Africa Regional Capacity-building Workshop on Public Awareness, Education and Participation concerning the Safe Transfer, Handling and Use of Living Modified Organisms</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/meetings/documents.shtml?eventid=5140</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Afghanistan acceded the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity on 20 February 2013 and will become the 166th Party to the Protocol on 21 May 2013.</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/parties/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lebanon deposited its instrument of accession to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity on 6 February 2013 and will become the 165th Party to the Protocol on 7 May 2013.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2013/pr-2013-02-13-lebanon-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Albania acceded the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on 29 January 2013.</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/parties/#tab=1</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ireland ratified the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on 14 January 2013.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2013/pr-2013-01-22-nklsp-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>56th edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (January to March 2012)</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/quarterly/qr-56-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the 6th Meeting of the COP-MOP</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/mop-06/official/mop-06-18-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The photo gallery for the COP-MOP 6 is now available</title>
      <link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/mop6/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>10th Issue of the Biosafety Protocol News is now available entitled: The role of media in promoting biosafety awareness</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/outreach/newsletter/bpn-10.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Communiqué: Hyderabad, 27 September 2012 - Some 2000 delegates from more than 150 countries will convene this coming Monday in Hyderabad, India, for the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP MOP 6).</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2012/pr-2012-09-27-mop6-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Press Release: The sixth 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 (or COP-MOP 6) opened yesterday at the International Convention Centre in Hyderabad, India.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2012/pr-2012-10-02-mop6-en.pdf</link>
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      <title>The sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties (COP-MOP 6) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety opens in Hyderabad, India.</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/mop6/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Opening Session of the Sixth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Hyderabad, India, 1 October 2012</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/speech/2012/sp-2012-10-01-mop6-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The live webcast is now available</title>
      <link>http://cbdcop11india.in/pe.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The calendar for the fair on national experiences with the national implementation of the Biosafety Protocol during MOP 6 is now available.</title>
      <link>https://bch.cbd.int/mop6/cepafair/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Media accreditation form, with instructions and FAQs, is now available.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/cop/cop-11/doc/cop-11-media-accreditation-en.doc</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Information Note for Participants for COP-MOP 6 is now available.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/mop-06/other/mop-06-info-note-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Launch of the COP-MOP 6 Website</title>
      <link>https://bch.cbd.int/mop6/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety closed for signature yesterday with a total of 51 signatories.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2012/pr-2012-03-08-nklr-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Online Forum on Public Awareness, Education and Participation Concerning the Safe Transfer, Handling and Use of Living Modified Organisms (4  - 18 June 2012)</title>
      <link>https://bch.cbd.int/onlineconferences/portal_art23/pa_forum2012.shtml</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the Inter-Regional Workshop on Capacity Needs for the Implementation of the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bslrrw-cbn-01/official/bslrrw-cbn-01-02-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the ninth meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bscc-09/official/bscc-09-04-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the eighth Coordination Meeting for Governments and Organizations Implementing and/or Funding Biosafety Capacity-building Activities</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/meetings/documents.shtml?eventid=4978</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Online Forum on Strategic Approaches to Capacity-building in Biosafety and the Comprehensive Review of the Capacity-Building Action Plan (20 February - 4 May 2012)</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/onlineconferences/portal_art22/cbforum2012.shtml</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the Pacific Sub-regional Workshop on Capacity-building for the Effective Implementation of the Biosafety Protocol</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/meetings/documents.shtml?eventid=4914</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>55th edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (October-December 2011)</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/quarterly/qr-55-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the workshop on capacity-building and exchange of experiences as related to the implantation of paragraph 2 of article 18 of the biosafety protocol now available.</title>
      <link>http://www.biodiv.org/doc/meetings/bs/bswscbhtpi-01/official/bswscbhtpi-01-02-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the Workshop on Capacity-building for research and information exchange on socio-economic impacts of Living Modified Organisms under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/meetings/documents.shtml?eventid=4742</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Brazil, Central African Republic and Thailand signed the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on 6 March 2012. This brings the total number of signatories to 51.</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/parties/#tab=1</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mexico signed the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on 5 March 2012. This brings the total number of signatories to 48.</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/parties/#tab=1</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Japan signed the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on 2 March 2012. This brings the total number of signatories to 47.</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/parties/#tab=1</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland signed the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on 22 February 2012. This brings the total number of signatories to 46.</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/parties/#tab=1</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Czech Republic ratified the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on 13 February 2012.</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/parties/#tab=1</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Electronic Version of the Publication "The Convention on Biological Diversity Year in Review 2011" Is Now Available.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/reports/cbd-report-2011-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Chad signed the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on 30 January and Ukraine signed on 31 Janaury. This brings the total number of signatories to 43.</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/parties/#tab=1</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria signed the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on 1 February 2012. This brings the total number of signatories to 45.</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/parties/#tab=1</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Slovakia signed the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on 20 January 2012. This brings the total number of signatories to 38.</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/parties/#tab=1</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Republic of Moldova signed the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on 25 January 2012. This brings the total number of signatories to 39.</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/parties/#tab=1</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Senegal and Mongolia signed the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on 26 January 2012. This brings the total number of signatories to 41.</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/parties/#tab=1</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bslrrw-apac-01/official/bslrrw-apac-01-03-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Press Release: Latvia becomes the first country to ratify the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2011/pr-2011-12-07-latvia-ratification-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the International Symposium on COP 10 and COP-MOP 5 Outcomes, Tokyo (15 March 2011)</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/outreach/report-symposium-cop10-mop5-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Tool for the analysis of Second National Reports on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety now available on the BCH</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/database/reports/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>54th edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (July-September 2011)</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/quarterly/qr-54-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the eighth meeting of the Compliance Committee</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bscc-08/official/bscc-08-03-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Communiqué: Uruguay ratifies the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2011/pr-2011-11-06-bs-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>50th-51st edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (July-December 2010)</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/quarterly/qr-50-51-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, February 2011</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2011/mba-2011-02-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>52nd edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (January-March 2011).</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/quarterly/qr-52-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, April 2011</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2011/mba-2011-04-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, May 2011</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2011/mba-2011-05-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>53rd edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (April-June 2011)</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/quarterly/qr-53-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Biosafety Protocol News Issue 9 - National Administrative Systems for Biosafety /Feedback Questionnaire</title>
      <link>https://bch.cbd.int/protocol/cpb_newsletter.shtml</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the African Regional Workshop on the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bslrrw-afr-01/official/bslrrw-afr-01-03-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the 7th Coordination Meeting for Governments and Organizations Implementing and/or Funding Biosafety Capacity-building Activities</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bscmcb-07/official/bscmcb-07-03-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the 8th meeting of the Liaison Group on Capacity-Building for Biosafety</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bslgcb-08/official/bslgcb-08-02-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report on activities of the Secretariat on the implementation of the work programme of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety now available.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/reports/cbd-report-2008-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Press Release: The International Treaty on Damage Resulting from Living Modified Organisms Receives Sixteen Signatures.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2011/pr-2011-05-12-NKL-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Communique: Mauritania Becomes 23rd Signatory to the Two New Biodiversity Treaties</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2011/pr-2011-05-20-mauritania-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, December 2010.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2010/mba-2010-12-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, January 2011.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2011/mba-2011-01-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New Publication: A Guide to the Roster of Biosafety Experts</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/database/attachment/?id=10883</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Nagoya - Kula Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety will be opened for signature on 7 March 2011, at the United Nations Headquarters, New York.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-039-bs-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Electronic Version of the Publication "The Convention on Biological Diversity Year in Review 2010" Is Now Available.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/reports/cbd-report-2010-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New Publication: The Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. English Version.</title>
      <link>https://bch.cbd.int/database/attachment/?id=10898</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Nagoya - Kula Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety opens for signature at the United Nations Headquarters, New York.</title>
      <link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=37701&amp;Cr=biodiversity&amp;Cr1=</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New: Video on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/cpb_media_video1.shtml</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>An Introductory Note in Preparation for Signature and Ratification of the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary  Protocol on Liability and Redress</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/nkl_suppl_protocol/introductorynote.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Biosafety Protocol News Issue 8 - Working towards a common goal: Ten years of international cooperation on implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety</title>
      <link>https://bch.cbd.int/protocol/outreach/newsletter/bpn-08.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, March 2011.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2011/mba-2011-03-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Communiqué: Morocco Ratifies the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2011/pr-2011-04-29-morocco-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Communique: Panama and Peru sign the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2011/pr-2011-05-05-panama-peru-kualalumpur-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Launch of the Forum on the Strategic Plan and the Assessment and Review, 1-28 February 2010.</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/onlineconferences/spforum.shtml</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, November 2010.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2010/mba-2010-11-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, October 2010.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2010/mba-2010-10-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, September 2010.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2010/mba-2010-09-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the Fifth 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 (COP-MOP 5)</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/mop-05/official/mop-05-17-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Registration procedure for Nagoya meetings, from 04 October 2010.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/cop/cop-10/other/cop-10-onsite-registrations-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Press Release: A United Nations Conference on the Safe Use of Modern Biotechnology Opens Tomorrow</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2010/pr-2010-10-10-pre-mop-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Opening Session of the Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Nagoya, Japan, 11 October 2010.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/speech/2010/sp-2010-10-11-mop5-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Press Release: The Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Protocol on Liability and Redress for Damage Resulting from Living Modified Organisms born in Nagoya</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2010/pr-2010-10-12-nklp-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Press Release: World Community Adopts a new UN Treaty on Living Modified Organisms</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2010/pr-2010-10-16-nkl-protocol-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, August 2010.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2010/mba-2010-08-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Media Advisory: Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to meet in Aichi-Nagoya from 11 to 15 October 2010.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2010/pr-2010-09-28-mop5-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Asian Development Bank's Biosafety Policy and Framework Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, 16-17 September 2010.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/speech/2010/sp-2010-09-16-thailand-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, July 2010.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2010/mba-2010-07-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Notification: COP/MOP-5 and COP-10 Side-events are available on-line</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2010/ntf-2010-161-side-event-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Communiqué: Somalia Becomes the 160th Party to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2010/pr-2010-08-06-somalia-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Somalia accedes to the Protocol. This will bring the number of Parties to 160.</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/parties/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Guinea-Bissau accedes to the Protocol. This will bring the number of Parties to 159</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/parties/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the seventh meeting of the Liaison Group on Capacity-Building for Biosafety</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bslgcb-07/official/bslgcb-07-02-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on the Work of its Third Meeting</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/meetings/documents.shtml?eventid=3647</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, June 2010.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2010/mba-2010-06-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The full transcripts of the Second Series of Regional Real-time Online Conferences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management (February 2010).</title>
      <link>https://bch.cbd.int/onlineconferences/realtime_ra.shtml#past</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bsrarm-01/official/bsrarm-01-03-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management Under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bsrarm-02/official/bsrarm-02-05-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the sixth coordination meeting for governments and organizations</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bscmcb-06/official/bscmcb-06-02-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, May 2010.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2010/mba-2010-05-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress in the Context of The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on the Work of Its Second Meeting</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=BSGFLR-02</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fact sheet on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety for the International Year of Biodiversity - 2010</title>
      <link>https://www.cbd.int/iyb/doc/prints/factsheets/iyb-cbd-factsheet-biosafety-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New Publication: Year in Review 2009</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/reports/cbd-report-2009-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Message from Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the Adoption of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/speech/2010/sp-2010-01-29-biosafety-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Message from the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/speech/2008/sp-2008-09-11-cp-unsg-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Press Release: Governments and Organizations involved in Biosafety Capacity-Building Projects convene in Costa Rica.</title>
      <link>https://www.cbd.int/press-releases/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on the Work of its First Meeting.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bsgflr-01/official/bsgflr-01-04-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Bosnia and Herzegovina accedes to the Protocol. This will bring the number of Parties to 157</title>
      <link>https://www.cbd.int/biosafety/signinglist.shtml?sts=rtf&amp;ord=dt</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New Publication: Brochure on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Reducing the environmental risks of modern technology</title>
      <link>https://www.cbd.int/programmes/outreach/awareness/publications.shtml?grp=cpb</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the sixth meeting of the Liaison Group on Capacity-Building for Biosafety.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bslgcb-06/official/bslgcb-06-03-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Summary Outcomes of the Fifth Meeting of the BCH Informal Advisory Committee (BCH IAC). The BCH IAC provides guidance regarding the technical issues associated with the ongoing development of the BCH.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bch/bchiac-05/official/bchiac-05-02-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the sixth meeting of the Compliance Committee now available.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bscc-06/official/bscc-06-04-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Notification: Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP MOP/5), 11 - 15 October 2010, Nagoya, Japan.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2009/ntf-2009-106-mop5-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the Fifth Coordination Meeting for Governments and Organizations Implementing or Funding Biosafety Capacity-building Activities.</title>
      <link>https://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bscmcb-05/official/bscmcb-05-04-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Launch of the Website of the Online Survey on the Application of and Experience in the Use of Socio-Economic Considerations in Decision-Making on Living Modified Organisms</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/onlineconferences/socioeconomics.shtml</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Biosafety Protocol News Issue 6 - Public Awareness and Participation: Experiences and Lessons Learned from Recent Initiatives</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-06.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Risk Assessment and Risk Management on the Work of its First Meeting.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bsrarm-01/official/bsrarm-01-03-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Comoros  accedes to the Protocol. This will bring the number of Parties to 156</title>
      <link>https://www.cbd.int/biosafety/signinglist.shtml?sts=rtf&amp;ord=dt</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Biosafety Protocol News Vol. 3 Issue 5 - Experiences and Lessons Learned in Capacity-Building</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-03-05-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Central African Republic and Honduras ratify the Protocol. This will bring the number of Parties to 153</title>
      <link>https://www.cbd.int/biosafety/signinglist.shtml?sts=rtf&amp;ord=dt</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the fifth meeting of the Compliance Committee now available.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bscc-05/official/bscc-05-04-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The first round of Discussion Groups within the Open-ended Online Expert Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk Management &lt;font color='red'&gt; extended to 30 November 2008.</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/onlineconferences/discussiongroups_ra.shtml</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Online conference on capacity-building &lt;font color='red'&gt; extended to 28 November 2008</title>
      <link>http://bch.cbd.int/onlineconferences/forum_cb.shtml</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Burundi accedes to the Protocol.
This brings the number of Parties to 150</title>
      <link>https://www.cbd.int/biosafety/signinglist.shtml?sts=rtf&amp;ord=dt</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New publication - Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements -including the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.</title>
      <link>https://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/cpb/cpb-mea-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Report of the Fourth 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</title>
      <description>Report of the Fourth 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 (Advance text)</description>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/mop-04/official/mop-04-18-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Press release: Agreement reached to work towards a legally binding instrument on Liability and Redress with regard to GMOs.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2008/pr-2008-05-16-mop4-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Press Release: International Community to Meet in Germany for a United Nations Conference on Living Modified Organisms and Biodiversity.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2008/pr-2008-05-02-mop-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Press Release: Largest international gathering on Biosafety meets in Bonn to finalize arrangements for the Cartagena Protocol.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2008/pr-2008-05-12-mop-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Communiqé: Training Workshop for Government Officials in the Use of the Biosafety Clearing-House Successfully Concluded.</title>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int//doc/press/2008/pr-2008-05-11-bch-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New Publication: Rules, Procedures and Mechanisms Applicable to Processes under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.</title>
      <description>New Publication: Rules, Procedures and Mechanisms Applicable to Processes under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.</description>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/bs-rules-en.pdf</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Outcomes of the Meeting of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on liability and redress, Bonn, 7-10 May 2008.</title>
      <description>Outcomes of the Meeting of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on liability and redress, Bonn, 7-10 May 2008</description>
      <link>http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/mop-04/official/mop-04-11-add1-en.pdf</link>
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