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REMINDER: Nomination of experts to the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology (action required by 31 March 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/mw/84355 (2015-032)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous people and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Request for submissions of views and comments on the “Elements of a Framework for Conceptual Clarity on Socio-Economic Considerations” contained in the annex to the report of the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on socio-economic considerations

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ps/84239 (2015-029)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB Focal Points have not yet been designated), Relevant organizations, Indigenous and local communities

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.

Denmark’s ratification edges the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress closer to entry into force

Montreal, 9 March 2015 – 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.

Caribbean Sub-regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Resource Mobilization

9 - 13 March 2015, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

Nomination of Experts to the Workshop of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms, Ispra, Italy, 9-11 June 2015

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84400 (2015-026)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), BCH National Focal Points and Relevant Organizations

Nomination of experts to the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology (action required by 31 March 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84355 (2015-019)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous people and local communities cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Point

In decision XII/24 , the Conference of the Parties established an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Synthetic Biology with terms of reference contained in the annex to the decision, and requested the Executive Secretary to convene a moderated open-ended online forum to support the work of ...

Asia Regional Capacity-building Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Resource Mobilization

9 - 13 February 2015, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Submission of Information on Synthetic Biology (action required by 30 April 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84279 (2015-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Nominations for the Caribbean Sub-regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Resource Mobilization, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, 9-13 March 2015

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/ps/84000 (2015-011)
To: CBD National Focal Points for: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, cc: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Socio-economic considerations (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety): outline of inter-sessional activities in accordance with COP-MOP decision BS-VII/13

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ps/84239 (2015-007)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB Focal Points have not yet been designated), Relevant organizations, Indigenous and local communities

Dates and venues of COP 13 to the Convention on Biological Diversity, COP-MOP 8 to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and COP-MOP 2 to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, and other upcoming meetings

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/AC/84220 (2015-003)
To: All CBD, CPB and Nagoya Protocol Focal Points and International Organizations

Submission of information requested in decision on unintentional transboundary movements and emergency measures (Article 17)

Reference: SCBD/BS/MPM/DA/84222 (2015-002)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Point, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

Submission of the Third Regular National Reports

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ABw/84181 (2015-001)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, cc: National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House

Nominations for the Asia Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Resource Mobilization, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – 9-13 February 2015

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/mw/84183 (2014-139)
To: CBD National Focal Points for: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, DPR Korea, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam, cc: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Latin America Sub-regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Resource Mobilization

8 - 12 December 2014, Montevideo, Uruguay

Nomination of experts to the Open-ended Online Expert Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/MPM/DA/83988 (2014-133)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Point, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Relevant Organizations

Decisions of 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) addressed directly to Parties and other Governments

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/mw/84108 (2014-131)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Poins, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

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

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/7/16

Report of the Meeting

Nominations for the Caribbean Sub-regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Resource Mobilization, Bridgetown, Barbados – 1-5 December 2014

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/ps/84000 (2014-126)
To: CBD National Focal Points for: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, cc: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Nomination of experts to the Open-ended Online Expert Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/MPM/DA/83988 (2014-125)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Relevant Organizations

Nominations for the Latin America Sub-regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Resource Mobilization, Montevideo, Uruguay – 8-12 December 2014

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/ps/84058 (2014-124)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points for: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela cc: National Focal Points for the Convention on Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/BS/RW-WANA/1/1/ADD1

Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

Governments attending a United Nations meeting on the safe use of living modified organisms have agreed on various actions to advance the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity

UN meeting agrees decisions to advance the implementation of the International Agreement on the safe use of living modified organisms

Governments attending a United Nations meeting on the safe use of living modified organisms have agreed on various actions to advance the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Key Issues for Implementing Biosafety: What COP-MOP7 can do.

A panel of government, NGO and scientific experts will discuss the key issues that COPMOP7 can decide on to effectively implement the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The focus will include risk assessment, socio-economic considerations, Article 18 and unintentional transboundary movements.

The seventh 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 7) opened today at the Alpensia Convention Center in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea. The meeting is the first of three major biodiversity meetings being held in Pyeongchang.

Opening Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the Seventh Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Pyeongchang, Republic Of Korea, 29 September 2014

UN Meeting on the Safe Use of Living Modified Organisms Opens in Korea

Pyeongchang / Montreal, 29 September 2014. The seventh 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 7) opened today at the Alpensia Convention Center in Pyeongchang, Rep ...

Opening Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the Seventh Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Pyeongchang, Republic Of Korea, 29 September 2014

Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

29 September - 3 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Communiqué: Meeting on the Safe Use of Living Modified Organisms - First of three major United Nations meetings opens Monday

Meeting on the Safe Use of Living Modified Organisms - First of three major United Nations meetings opens Monday

Pyeongchang/Montreal, 26 September 2014 – On Monday, delegates from around the world will convene 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).

Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) Training Workshop

26 - 27 September 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Nominations for the West Asia and North Africa Sub-regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Resource Mobilisation Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 16 – 20 November 2014

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/MAC/83958 (2014-121)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points for Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/7/INF/15

Report of the Executive Secretary on the Administration of the Convention and the Budget for the Trust Funds of the Convention and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/27/ADD1

Proposed Budget for the Programme of Work of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety for the Biennium 2015-2016 (Addendum): Programme and Subprogramme Activities and Resources Required

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/7/4/REV1

Matters Related to the Financial Mechanism and Resources

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/7/INF/14

Recommendation of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice Regarding Synthetic Biology

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/7/INF/7

Overview of the Status of Implementation of Operational Objectives 1.6, 1.8 and 2.3 of the Strategic Plan for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/7/6/ADD4

Report of the Executive Secretary on the Administration of the Protocol and on Budgetary Matters: Functional Review

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/7/6

Report of the Executive Secretary on the Administration of the Protocol and on Budgetary Matters

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/7/INF/2

Compilation of Submissions on Experience Gained With the Implementation of Paragraph 4 of Decision BS-III/10 As Well As the Implementation of Decision BS-V/8

Invitation to prepare for an election (to replace out-going members of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety) at the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/PS/83890 (2014-112)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been designated)

Press conferences at the margins of the Meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols, 29 September-16 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/DA/fd/83879 (2014-109)
To: CBD, CPB and ICNP National Focal Points and relevant organizations

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/7/7

Synthesis Report on the Experiences and Lessons Learned in the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/7/14

Unintentional Transboundary Movements and Emergency Measures (Article 17)

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/7/5

Cooperation with Other Organizations, Conventions and Initiatives

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/7/15

Contained Use of Living Modified Organisms