Decisions adopted by the Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

1.

Report of the Compliance Committee

2.

Operation and activities of the Biosafety Clearing-House

3.

Capacity-building

4.

Roster of biosafety experts

5.

Financial mechanism and resources

6.

Cooperation with other organizations, conventions and initiatives

7.

Programme budget for the costs of the secretariat services for and the biosafety work programme of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety for the biennium 2009 2010

8.

Handling, transport, packaging and identification of living modified organisms: paragraphs 2(b) and (c) of Article 18

9.

Handling, transport, packaging and identification of living modified organisms: paragraph 2(a) of Article 18

10.

Handling, transport, packaging and identification of living modified organisms: paragraph 3 of Article 18

11.

Risk assessment and risk management

12.

Liability and redress under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

13.

Subsidiary bodies

14.

Monitoring and reporting under the Protocol

15.

Assessment and review

16.

Socio-economic considerations (Article 26, paragraph 2)

17.

Public awareness, education and participation

18.

Notification requirements (Article 8)