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“Information Note for Participants” for the Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 7) and Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 12), 29 September to 17 October 2014 – Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/OES/CG/PT/83392 (2014-051)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

“Information Note for Participants” for the Meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 29 September to 17 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/OES/CG/PT/83392 (2014-064)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

“Information Note for Participants” and Side-Event Registration for the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and concurrent meetings of the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/lp/85847 (2016-094)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

World Meeting on the Safe Use of Living Modified Organisms Opens in India

Hyderabad / Montreal, 2 October 2012. The sixth 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 (or COP-MOP 6) opened yesterday at the International Convention Centre in Hyderabad, Ind ...

World Community Adopts a new UN Treaty on Living Modified Organisms

Nagoya, 16 October 2010. At 6.15 p.m. Friday here in Japan, a new international treaty, “the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety”, was adopted at one of the largest intergovernmental meetings ever held on the safe use of m ...

Workshop on “Biosafety of GM Crops and the Evolution of Regulatory Frameworks: Issues and Challenges”

24 - 28 September 2007, Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais, Brazil

Workshop on developing capacity for national border controls on living modified organisms in small island developing States in the Caribbean

17 - 19 October 2016, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

Workshop on developing capacity for national border controls on living modified organisms in Pacific small island developing States

27 - 29 March 2017, Suva, Fiji

Workshop on capacity-building and exchange of experiences as related to the implementation of paragraph 2 of Article 18 of the Biosafety Protocol

1 - 3 November 2004, Bonn, Germany

Workshop on Liability and Redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol

2 - 4 December 2002, Rome, Italy

Workshop on Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms for Francophone Africa

5 - 9 March 2018, Tunis, Tunisia

Workshop on Capacity-building for research and information exchange on socio-economic impacts of Living Modified Organisms under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

14 - 16 November 2011, New Delhi, India

Workshop on Biosafety for Science Journalists

5 - 6 July 2006, New Delhi, India

Workshop on "Introduction to Risk Assessment for the Deliberate Release of GMOs: Assisting Decision-making in a Biosafety Framework"

14 - 18 May 2007, Ca’ Tron di Roncade (Treviso), Italy

Workshop of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

25 - 27 November 2013, Ispra, Italy

Workshop of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

25 - 29 May 2015, Ispra, Italy

Workshop of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

9 - 11 June 2015, Ispra, Italy

Workshop "Introduction to Biosafety and Risk Assessment for the Environmental Release of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs): Theoretical Approach and Scientific Background"

3 - 7 June 2002, Trieste, Italy

Workshop "Advanced Research and Procedures in Biosafety and Risk Assessment for the Enviornmental Release of GMOs"

24 - 28 March 2003, Florence, Italy

Article 39

Withdrawal

With Swaziland’s accession on 21 September 2016, the Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety needs only four more ratifications to enter into force.

With Slovakia’s ratification on 29 April 2015, the Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety needs only nine more ratifications to enter into force.

With Ratification by Central African Republic, Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress closer to entering into force

4 July 2017 – Central African Republic deposited its instrument of ratification to the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on 15 June 2017.

With Denmark’s ratification on 25 February, the Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety has received 75% of the necessary ratifications, with only 11 more ratifications needed for it to enter into force.

When Biosafety Becomes Binding: Marking the Entry Into Force of the UN CBD Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

17 September 2003, Montreal, Canada

Western, Central and Eastern Asian Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

17 - 21 October 2022, Antalya, Türkiye

West Asia and North Africa Sub-regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Resource Mobilization

16 - 20 November 2014, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Webinar: Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 11 September 2023, 7:00 a.m. EDT

Webinar: Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/UN/MW/91216 (2023-089)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, CBD national focal points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), BCH national focal points, relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities

Webinar on the new platform for the Biosafety-Clearing House (BCH)

7 December 2021, Online

Webinar on the launch of CBD Technical Series No. 100 on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/MW/90269 (2022-022)
To: CBD National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations cc: SBSTTA Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points

Webinar on the launch of Biosafety Technical Series 05: Training Manual on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/AMc/MW/90268 (2022-021)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where Cartagena Protocol Focal Points have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Webinar on the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

11 September 2023, Online

Webinar on Synthetic Biology Governance and Cooperation Opportunities

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/MW/89921 (2021-071)
To: CBD National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations, cc: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points

Webinar on Synthetic Biology Governance and Cooperation Opportunities

2 November 2021, Online

Webinar for the 15th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

11 September 2018, Online

WRI Welcomes New Treaty Governing Living Modified Organisms

WASHINGTON, DC, September 9, 2003 – The World Resources Institute (WRI) welcomes the coming into force of the first legally-binding international treaty governing shipments of living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology

WIPO-UPOV Symposium on the Co-existence of Patents and Plant Breeders' Rights in the Promotion of Biotechnological Developments

25 October 2002, Geneva, Switzerland

Visa Requirements for Mexico

Reference: SCBD/AFC/MRH/PT/85427 (2016-118)
To: CBD, ABS, and CPB National Focal Points, international and non-governmental organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders

Venue and Date for Part Two of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, the Tenth meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol and the Fourth meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/90400 (2022-041)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, CPB Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Vehicle access to the Nagoya Congress Center

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/74021 (2010-183)
To: All CBD, CPB Focal Points, International Organizations, NGOs, ILCs

During the High Level Segment of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, vehicle access to the Nagoya Congress Center (NCC) will be highly restricted and in particular between 25 - 30 October 2010.

Vehicle access to the Hyderabad International Convention Centre

Reference: SCBD/CONFSERV/NI/80824 (2012-125)
To: All CBD and CPB Focal Points

Vacancy Announcement: Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/IS/90846 (2023-015)
To: CBD, Cartagena Protocol, ABS, SBSTTA Focal Points, International and Non-Governmental Organizations, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations

Uso Sustenable de la Biotecnologia (ASDMAS)

11 - 12 September 2008, Tingo Maria, Peru

User Feedback regarding the CBD Events Application

Reference: SCBD/ITS/JMF/ET/CP/87755 (2019-005)
To: CBD, ABS, CPB National Focal Points, IPLCs, relevant organizations

Article 3

Use of Terms

Uruguay ratifies the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Montreal, 6 November 2011 – On 2 November 2011, Uruguay deposited its instrument of ratification of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity and will become the 162nd Party to the Protocol on 31 January 2012.

Updated information: Resumed sessions of SBSTTA 24, SBI 3 and WG2020-3, Geneva, Switzerland

Reference: SCBD/EM/DC/90155 (2022-014)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Update regarding COVID-19 and upcoming CBD meetings

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/88792 (2020-029)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Update on the progress of the migration of the Biosafety Clearing-House to its new platform

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/KG/AB/89477 (2021-024)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where Cartagena Protocol Focal Points have not yet been designated), BCH Focal Points, relevant organizations