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Glasgow Climate Change Conference 2020 - Twenty sixth session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - COP-26

Glasgow, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

First session of Ad Hoc Working Group of Experts on Biological Diversity

16 - 18 November 1988, Geneva, Switzerland

First Session of the Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Biological Diversity

19 - 23 November 1990, Nairobi, Kenya

Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Biological Diversity

25 February - 6 March 1991, Nairobi, Kenya

Third Negotiating Session / First Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negociating Committee for a Convention on Biological Diversity

24 June - 3 July 1991, Madrid, Spain

Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Biological Diversity

24 June - 3 July 1991, Madrid, Spain

Fourth Negotiating Session / Second Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negociating Committee for a Convention on Biological Diversity

23 September - 3 October 1991, Nairobi, Kenya

Fifth Negotiating Session / Third Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Convention on Biological Diversity

25 November - 4 December 1991, Geneva, Switzerland

Sixth Negotiating Session / Fourth Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Convention on Biological Diversity

6 - 15 February 1992, Nairobi, Kenya

Seventh Negotiating Session / Fifth Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negociating Committee for a Convention on Biological Diversity

11 - 19 May 1992, Nairobi, Kenya

Conference for the Adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity

20 - 21 May 1992, Nairobi, Kenya

First Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on the Convention on Biological Diversity

11 - 15 October 1993, Geneva, Switzerland

Second Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on the Convention on Biological Diversity

20 June - 1 July 1994, Nairobi, Kenya

Recommendation II/8

Agenda item 3.10: Terrestrial biological diversity

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Acting Executive Secretary, to the Opening Session

UNEP/CBD/COP/1/3

Item 4 of the Provisional Agenda <br> Report of the Intergovernmental Committee on the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Work of its First Session

UNEP/CBD/COP/1/4

Item 4 of the Provisional Agenda <br> Report of the Intergovernmental Committee on the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Work of its Second Session

UNEP/CBD/ICCBD/1/1/ADD1

Annotated Provisional Agenda and Proposed Organization of Work

UNEP/CBD/ICCBD/1/2

Draft Rules of Procedure for the Intergovernmental Committee on the Convention on Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/ICCBD/1/3

Issues Before the Intergovernmental Committee on the Convention on Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/ICCBD/2/1/ADD1

Item 2.1 of the Provisional Agenda <br> Annotated Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/ICCBD/2/1/ADD2/REV2

Agenda Item 2.2 <br> Organization of Work

UNEP/CBD/ICCBD/2/11

Item 4.2.1 of the Provisional Agenda <br> Report of the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Meeting of Scientific Experts on Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/ICCBD/2/11/CORR1

Item 4.2.1 of the Provisional Agenda <br> Report of the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Meeting of Scientific Experts on Biological Diversity (Corrigendum)

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/27773 (2002-035)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Government of Canada has decided to continue the provision of its annual host country contribution to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity for the period 2003-2004

2010 - The Global Biodiversity Challenge

London 21 May 2003 – More than 150 biodiversity experts from around the world are gathered in London, UK for a three day global meeting on the internationally agreed target of significantly reducing the current rates of biodiversity loss by the year 2010. The meeting brings together Government e ...

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, to the Opening Session

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/1/INF/2

Status of ratifications of the Convention on Biological Diversity (as at 19 July 1995)

Building pertnerships through effective networking<br>Largest event-ever biodiversity information meeting to develop blueprint for technical and scientific exchange

More than eighty stakeholders and biodiversity information experts from the Americas will attend the joint meeting of the Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) and the Clearing-House Mechanism (CHM) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cancun, Mexico, August 12-14 ...

Eighteen Global Biodiversity Forum: Biodiversity, Trade and Sustainable Development

Statement by Mr. Markus Lehmann on behalf of Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary<br>Cancun Mexico, 5 - September 2003

Message of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the International Wildland Fire Summit

Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary of the CBD, congratulates the organizers of the Summit, stating: "as the effects of uncontrolled fires are likely to transcend political boundaries, international and regional co-operation in sharing information to promote more effective fire management that ...

Statement by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly

The statement delivered by Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary of the CBD, to the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly (Economic and Financial), reviews the activities of the CBD over the past year and summarizes the challenges that the Convention faces in the years to come. A press rele ...

Statement by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly

Mr. Zedan’s Statement briefly describes the activities of the CBD during the past twelve months and the challenges that lie before the Convention, including "what is perhaps the most fundamental … how to achieve the internationally agreed target of reducing the current rate of biodiversity loss ...

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/39

Letter from the International Union of Biological Sciences to the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/I&O/BK/AV/44162 (2004-057)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Executive Secretary invites Parties to submit relevant reports or information concerning any voluntary reviews of national implementation of the Convention for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its eighth meeting

Reference: SCBD/EDM/HZ/45173 (2004-099)
To: All CBD Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that as of Monday, 6 December 2004, the offices of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will relocate to new premises.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ (2002-014)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I have the honour to inform you that regional preparatory meetings to share experiences in the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and assist Parties to prepare for the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, are being organized by the Secretariat of the Convention, ...

Reference: SCBD/EDM/DC/47604 (2005-020)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, and to representatives of observers

The purpose of the present notification is to invite Parties and Governments to nominate experts to participate in a consultation to be held in conjunction with the 32nd session of the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition in March 2005.

Ahmed Djoghlaf assumes duties as Executive Secretary to the Convention on Biological Diversity: Calls for a global alliance to combat biodiversity loss.

Montreal, 3 January 2006 – Calling on the citizens of the world to join in the effort to preserve life on earth, a 52 year-old Algerian man with a passion for poetry and forest walks takes up the helm of the world’s key biological treaty today. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, appoin ...

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/DA/52657 (2006-003)
To: CBD NFP, SBSTTA NFP, CPB NFP, Ministers

As the Convention moves from a stage of policy development towards implementation, Parties have expressed an interest in providing case studies and examples of the implementation of the Convention. This consensus was evident in the recommendations emerging from various bodies including, the fir ...

“Plitvice the birthplace and Croatia the founding member of the Museum on Nature and Culture of the Convention on Biological Diversity”.

“Plitvice Lakes National Park—a World Heritage site—will be remembered as the birthplace, and Croatia as the founding member, of the Museum of Culture and Nature of the Convention on Biological Diversity,” said Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, the Executive Secretary of the Convention, as he received the fir ...

National Legislation on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SEL/DO/MR/54730 (2006-028)
To: CBD National Focal

I am pleased to inform you that the Secretariat of the Convention intends to develop a database of national legislation and regulations of relevance to the implementation of the three objectives of the Convention and with a view of preparing a manual on best practices and lessons-learned. (<a hr ...

Responsibilities of National Focal Points for the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Strengthening of their Capacities

Reference: SCBD/SEL/DO/NFPs/54700 (2006-029)
To: CBD National Focal Points cc: Heads of Delegations at COP-8

As you know, the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties which took place in Curitiba, Brazil from 20 to 31 March 2006, reviewed the operations of the Convention with a view to enhancing the effectiveness of and streamlining Convention processes in order to strengthen its implementation. ...

The President of the Tunisian Republic Announces a Donation to the “Museum on Nature and Culture” of the Convention on Life on Earth.

At their meeting in Tunis, on 20 June 2006, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, requested Mr. Mohamed Ghannouchi, Prime Minister of Tunisia, to convey his gratitude to His Excellency Mr. Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, President of the Tunis ...

Quarterly Report of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/55619 (2006-089)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the Quarterly Report of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has been prepared in accordance with Decision IV/17, and contains a summary of key activities regarding the implementation of decisions of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD for the period ...

Calendar of Meetings under the Convention and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2007-2008)

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/OJ/55967 (2006-095)
To: CBD National Focal Points CPB National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that, after consultation with the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties (COP), the calendar of meetings funded through the Trust Fund for the Convention on Biological Diversity (the “BY” Trust Fund) and the Trust Fund for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (the “BG” ...

Report of the First planning meeting of Canadian universities and research centres for the implementation of the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, 26 September 2006

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/AB/56161 (2006-106)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to kindly inform you that as a follow-up to the Letter of Intent, signed between several Canadian universities and research institutions and the SCBD on 23 May 2006 on the occasion of the celebration of the International Biodiversity Day, the first planning me ...