The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

First meeting of the
Conference of the Parties of the Convention serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol


23 to 27 February 2004 - Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Introduction

The First meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol was held from 23 to 27 February 2004 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was attended by 895 participants representing 81 Parties to the Protocol, 79 non-Parties, 8 UN agencies, 12 IGOs, 84 NGOs, 16 academia, 1 indigenous organization, 24 industry organizations and 13 other observer organizations. Delegates adopted a total of 14 decisions covering, inter alia all the substantive issues that were to be addressed by the first meeting of the COP-MOP. The summary outcomes, final report and decisions of the meeting are available at the following links:

Summary of outcomes

The summary of outcomes provides highlights of the substantive decisions adopted by the meeting. Follow this link...

Final Report of the meeting

The final report provides a summary official record of the proceedings of the meeting. Follow this link...

Decisions of the meeting

The full list of decisions adopted by the meeting is available online. Follow this link...

Documents

This provides a link to the pre-sessional documents for the meeting. Follow this link...

Related links

Notifications by the Executive Secretary