The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety About the Protocol Background Text of the ProtocolParties & SignatoriesMeetings & Documents Parties List of Parties National Focal PointsCompetent National AuthoritiesNational ReportsStatus of ContributionsCountry Profiles COP-MOP COP-MOP Decisions COP-MOP BureauCOP-MOP MeetingsCOP-MOP 5 Issues Capacity Building ComplianceFinancial MechanismHandling, Transport, Packaging and IdentificationLiability and RedressMonitoring and ReportingRisk Assessment and ManagementRoster of ExpertsOther Issues BCH Background Mode of OperationHow the BCH worksBCH-IAC Further Resources Frequently Asked Questions Media and Outreach5th Anniversary of the Protocol Cartagena Protocol // Summary of Outcomes Wednesday // 6.20.2007 Summary of the outcomes of COP-MOP 1 The gist of the decisions adopted by COP-MOP/1 can be summarized as follows: Decision procedure (Article 10, para.7)Information-sharing and the Biosafety Clearing-House (Article 20, para.4)Capacity-building (Article 22; Article 28, para.3)Handling, transport, packaging and identification (Article 18)Compliance (Article 34)Liability and redress (Article 27)Monitoring and reporting (Article 33)Secretariat (Article 31, para.3)Guidance to the financial mechanism (Article 28, para. 5, Article 22)Consideration of other issues necessary for the effective implementation of the Protocol (e.g., Article 29, para.4)Medium-term programme of workDate and venue for the second meeting of the COP-MOP Secretariat (Article 31, para.3): Approved a core programme budget for the distinct costs of the Biosafety Protocol for the biennium 2005-2006 and provisionally adopted a scale of assessment to apportion those costs among the Parties to the Protocol; Established a Trust Fund for the core budget; a voluntary Trust Fund for additional contributions for approved activities; and a voluntary Trust Fund for facilitation of participation of developing countries and countries with economies in transition in the processes of the Protocol; Decided that the financial rules of the Convention shall be applied to the Protocol.
Cartagena Protocol // Summary of Outcomes Wednesday // 6.20.2007 Summary of the outcomes of COP-MOP 1 The gist of the decisions adopted by COP-MOP/1 can be summarized as follows: Decision procedure (Article 10, para.7)Information-sharing and the Biosafety Clearing-House (Article 20, para.4)Capacity-building (Article 22; Article 28, para.3)Handling, transport, packaging and identification (Article 18)Compliance (Article 34)Liability and redress (Article 27)Monitoring and reporting (Article 33)Secretariat (Article 31, para.3)Guidance to the financial mechanism (Article 28, para. 5, Article 22)Consideration of other issues necessary for the effective implementation of the Protocol (e.g., Article 29, para.4)Medium-term programme of workDate and venue for the second meeting of the COP-MOP Secretariat (Article 31, para.3): Approved a core programme budget for the distinct costs of the Biosafety Protocol for the biennium 2005-2006 and provisionally adopted a scale of assessment to apportion those costs among the Parties to the Protocol; Established a Trust Fund for the core budget; a voluntary Trust Fund for additional contributions for approved activities; and a voluntary Trust Fund for facilitation of participation of developing countries and countries with economies in transition in the processes of the Protocol; Decided that the financial rules of the Convention shall be applied to the Protocol.
