The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

6 April 2026 New introductory video of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is now available. More »
12 February 2026 The COP-MOP 11 decisions booklet is now available in all 6 UN official languages. More »
3 December 2025 The moderator's summary of the Online Forum on Capacity-building for Biosafety is now available. More »
17 June 2025 Malta accedes to the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress, 16 June 2025. More »

28 April 2026 (2026-041) Registration for the Seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, 19 to 30 October 2026 - Yerevan, Armenia. More »
14 April 2026 (2026-038) Submissions of information on experiences and assessment of applicability of the additional voluntary guidance materials to support case-by-case risk assessment of living modified organisms containing engineered gene drives. More »
31 March 2026 (2026-036) Submission of views on the modalities for a possible Party-driven process to further improve the effectiveness of the processes and meetings under the Convention and its Protocols. More »
23 March 2026 (2026-032) Peer review of the independent scientific study on synthetic biology. More »

10–12 June 2026, Montreal, Canada Twenty-first meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. More »
16–18 June 2026, Montreal, Canada Fifteenth meeting of the Liaison Group on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. More »
19–30 October 2026, Yerevan, Armenia Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. More »