The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Summary of the outcomes of COP-MOP 2

Cooperation with other organizations, conventions and initiatives (Decision BS-II/6)

The decision requests the Executive Secretary to: pursue efforts to obtain observer status in the WTO Committees on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and on Technical Barriers to Trade; continue involvement in the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment; reinforce cooperation with the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the OIE, the IPPC and the Aarhus Convention Secretariats; establish cooperation with the International Standards Organization and other relevant customs and transport organizations; and intensify cooperation with the Aarhus Convention secretariat.