National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

National Focal Points (NFPs) are responsible for managing communication between the Secretariat and respective governments, and the public.

Under Article 19 of the Protocol, each Party must designate one NFP to be responsible on its behalf for liaison with the Secretariat (known as the Cartagena Protocol NFP).

All designated NFPs are registered in the Biosafety Clearing-House. Each NFP entry contains contact information, telephone numbers and email addresses.

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Other National Focal Points

In addition to providing Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, the Protocol also requires Parties to provide a point of contact for receiving notifications under Article 17 pertaining to unintentional transboundary movements and emergency measures.

The first meeting of the Parties to the Protocol also called upon Parties and other governments to nominate a BCH National Focal Point to be responsible for maintaining their information in the Biosafety Clearing-House.

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