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Statement
#32236
2007-05-01

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to theExpert Panel on International Environmental Governance, New York, 1 May 2007

The United Nations Organization was established in San Francisco on 24 October 1945, in the aftermath of the most devastating war waged by humanity against itself, in response to people’s cry for international peace and security. It was established based on the strong conviction that multilater ...

Statement
#29567
2007-02-07

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the Twenty-Fourth Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC-24/GMEF), Nairobi, 7 February 2007

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment called for unprecedented efforts to achieve the 2010 biodiversity target. The 4,000 participants, including 95 ministers, who attended the eight meeting of the Conference of the Parties, held in Curitiba in March 2006, responded to this call for urgent action ...

Statement
#29566
2007-02-07

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Ministerial Panel Discussion on United Nations Reform at the Twenty-Fourth Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC-24/GMEF), Nairobi, 7 February 2007

In 1945, in San Francisco, the United Nations Organization was established in response to people’s cry for international peace and security in the aftermath of the most devastating war waged by humanity against itself. It was also established based on the strong conviction of its founders tha ...

Statement
#29565
2007-02-06

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Ministerial Panel Discussion on Globalization and the Environment at the Twenty-fourth Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC-24/GMEF), Nairobi, 6 February 2007

Introduced in the early years of the European settlement as a stock for the fur industry, the Brushtail Possum has become today a major environmental, economic and cultural threat to New Zealand. At the kind invitation of the Honorable Winston Peter, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, I had the ...

Statement
#29568
2007-02-07

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Meeting of the Network of Women Ministers of Environment, Nairobi, 7 February 2007

In the majority of countries, the survival of women, their well-being and empowerment depend on biodiversity. For women in developing countries, in particular in the least developed countries, their survival, and that of their households and communities, depends on access and control to natural ...

Statement
#32523
2007-05-08

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the BIO International Convention , Boston, United States of America, 8 May, 2007

Here in Boston at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, paint that can kill influenza viruses and wipe out 99% of bacteria is being tested and could be used very soon in the hospitals. The same institute, in collaboration with the University of Hong Kong, has developed a nano liquid that c ...

CBD
Meeting
#4933

Southern Africa Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance

4 November 2011, Cape Town, South Africa

Notification
#807
2006-10-13
Action by
2007-01-31

South-South Cooperation on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/STTM/OH/SG/VA/56219 (2006-108)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Notification SCBD/STTM/OH/SG/VA/56219 informs Parties about the brainstorming session on South-South cooperation on biodiversity in Montreal, 6-8 November, 2006, and invites them to submit contributions on a multi-year plan of action for South-South cooperation by 31 January 2007.<br> (Available ...

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Press Release
#97915
2014-03-07

South Sudan becomes 194th Party to Convention on Biological Diversity

Montreal, 7 March 2014 – South Sudan deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 17 February 2014, thus becoming the 194th Party to the global treaty on biodiversity and sustainable development. With this accession, the CBD will enter into force for S ...

Web Announcement
#91934
2013-01-28
Press Release
#91933
2013-01-28

South Africa 12th state to ratify Nagoya Protocol

Montreal, 28 January 2013 – South Africa has become the 12th country, and the first in 2013, to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Notification
#1314
2009-10-16

Somalia to become the 193rd Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/69228 (2009-136)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

It is my pleasure to inform you that Somalia deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention on Biological Diversity and will become the 193rd Party to the Convention as of 10 December 2009. The communiqué issued on the occasion of this event is available on our website at: http://www.cb ...

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Press Release
#64145
2009-10-16

Somalia to Become the 193rd Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that Somalia has deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention on Biological Diversity and will become the 193rd Party to the Convention as of 10 December 2009. As a major biodiversity hotspot in the Horn of Africa, Somalia’s accession is a major ...

Notification
#1171
2008-12-19

Sixty-third Session of UNGA: Adoption of Resolution on CBD

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/65888 (2008-167)
To: All National Focal Points to the Convention on Biological Diversity, National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the resolution on “Sustainable Development: Convention on Biological Diversity”, adopted on 19 December 2008 by the Sixty-third session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) under Agenda item 49 (f), is available at the following Secretariat we ...

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Meeting
#4999

Sixth World Fisheries Congress

7 - 11 May 2012, Edinburgh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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