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Theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity 2020

Reference: SCBD/OES/DAIN/MB/FD/88610 (2020-007)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities

Theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2019

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/CSt/DAIN/fd/87872 (2019-021)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, partner organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities

Theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2023

Reference: SCBD/OES/DAIN/FD/90900 (2023-026)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Third meeting of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs Concerning Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ps/71410 (2010-068)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National focal points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Relevant Organizations

Following consultations by the Co-Chairs through the letter they circulated on 24 March 2010, and the generous offer made, one more time, by the Government of Malaysia, to host it, the third meeting of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs will be held from 15 to 19 June 2010 in Kuala Lumpur ...

Third meeting of the ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (BSLR WG-3), 19 - 23 February 2007, Montreal, Canada.

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/56671 (2006-120)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated) Relevant Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the third meeting of the ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (BSLR WG-3) will be held in Montreal, Canada, from 19 to 23 February 2007.

Training Videos on the new Biosafety Clearing-House Platform

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/ZJ/AB/89660 (2021-042)
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

Translation of the Biosafety Clearing-House into the six official languages of the United Nations

Reference: SCBD/BS/GF/ABw/63826 (2008-064)
To: All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB), All National Focal Points to the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH)

I am very pleased to announce that the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) is now accessible in all six of the official languages of the United Nations (i.e. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish). The translation has been completed for all public pages of the BCH Central Portal (htt ...

Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-12) and seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP-7)

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/LB/79041 (2012-033)
To: all CBD Focal Points

UN Biodiversity Conference 2018 - Information Note for Participants and Other Relevant Information

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/87388 (2018-067)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs, indigenous people and local communities, and other stakeholders

UN Biodiversity Conference and its high-level segment: Vehicle access to the venue

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/DC/CE/86077 (2016-136)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points, and relevant organizations

UNEA-5 Virtual Side Event: "Strengthening Non-State Actor Commitments for Biodiversity in the context of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and Sustainable Development Goals"

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/CS/CE/89421 (2021-011)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/AS/CC/VA/89396 (2021-007)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

United Nations High-Level Political Forum

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/ML/OH/GD/89465 (2021-017)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points and ABS Focal Points

Upcoming webinars to support discussions at the resumed sessions of SBSTTA-24, SBI-3 and WG2020-3

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JC/MC/90056 (2022-001)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol 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

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

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

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

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

Vehicle access to the Hyderabad International Convention Centre

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

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.

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

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

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 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 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: 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

“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

“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” 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

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Letter form the Executive Secretary regarding full powers to sign the Protocol and the model of full powers

Reference: SCBD/EDM/BPU/CS/lr (2000-007)
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Letter from the Executive Secretary to the National Focal Points about the Adoption of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity and interim arrangements

Reference: BSP/HZ/KGM (2000-011)
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Letter form the Executive Secretary to the CBD Focal Points on the meeting of technical experts and the Biosafety Clearing-House

Reference: SCBD/EDM/BPU/CS/LR (2000-012)
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Letter form the Executive Secretary to the CBD Focal Points on the signature to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety during COP5

Reference: EDM/HZ/BS/CS/LR (2000-013)
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Remainder letter from the Executive Secretary to the CBD Focal Points on nominations for the meeting of technical experts on the Biosafety Clearing-House

Reference: SCBD/SEL/DO (2000-015)
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Letter from the Executive Secretary to the CBD Focal Points on signing the Cartagena Protocol during the Millenium Summit

Reference: SCBD/EDM/BPU/CS/LR (2000-016)
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Participants in the Meeting of Technical Experts on the Biosafety Clearing House (Montreal, 11-13 September 2000)

Reference: EDM/BS/KGM/BP (2000-017)
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Letter from the Executive Secretary to the CBD Focal Points on new signatures to the Cartagena Protocol

Reference: (2000-021)
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Decisions taken by the Bureau of the ICCP at its meeting held on 14-15 September 2000 in Montreal, Canada

Reference: EDM/BS/CS/LR (2000-028)
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Notification from the Executive Secretary inviting IGOs and NGOs to nominate representatives to attend the First ICCP meeting, to be held in Montpellier, France (December 11-15, 2000)

Reference: EDM/BS/CS/LR (2000-029)
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Notification from the Executive Secretary requesting the CBD and ICCP National Focal Points of developed countries to nominate delegates who will attend the First ICCP meeting, to be held in Montpellier, France (December 11-15, 2000)

Reference: EDM/BS/CS/LR (2000-030)
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Notification from the Executive Secretary requesting the CBD and ICCP National Focal Points of developing countries and countries with economies in transition to nominate delegates who will attend the First ICCP meeting on biosafety, to be held in Montpellier, France (December 11-15, 2000)

Reference: (2000-037)
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Parties and/or organizations interested in organizing side events during the first meeting of the ICCP in Montpellier are invited to contact the Secretariat's Meeting Services Officer

Reference: (2000-039)
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Government Delegates experiencing difficulties in obtaining entry visas to France may wish to contact the CBD Secretariat for any assistance in this regard

Reference: SCBD/SEL/DO (2000-042)
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Letter from the Executive Secretary to the National Focal Points urging Parties to the Convention who have not yet signed the Cartagena Protocol to do so at the earliest opportunity to enable the Protocol to enter into force before the first meeting of the Parties to the Protocol to be held in ...

Reference: BS/CS/jh (2001-003)
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Letter from the Executive Secretary conveying the recommendations adopted by the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (ICCP) during its first meeting held from 11 to 15 December 2000 in Montpellier, France, requesting action from Parties and Governments on a number ...

Reference: BS/EDM/KGM/jh (2001-011)
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Letter from the Executive Secretary to African National CBD, ICCP and CHM Focal Points inviting Parties and Governments to nominate participants to the African regional meeting on the Biosafety Clearing-House and the clearing-house mechanism, 26-28 February 2001, Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/BS/CS/jh (2001-013)
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Letter from the Executive Secretary to all Organizations conveying a summary of the recommendations and requests adopted during the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (ICCP) held from 11 to 15 December 2000 in Montpellier, France

Reference: (2001-016)
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Notification from the Executive Secretary to NFPs regarding composition of the Liaison Group Meeting of Technical Experts on the Biosafety Clearing-House and the provisional agenda for that meeting

Reference: (2001-017)
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Letter from the COP-5 President to all CBD and ICCP National Focal Points regarding signature and ratification of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety