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

Revised Training Manual on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

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

Overview of the Status of Implementation of Operational Objectives 1.3, 1.4 and 2.2 of the Strategic Plan for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

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

Compilation of the Suggestions for Improvements to the “Guidance on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms”

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/7/INF/3

Analysis of the Results of the Testing of the “Guidance on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms”

UNEP/CBD/BS/LG-CB/10/2

Report of the Tenth Meeting of the Liaison Group on Capacity-Building for Biosafety

Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

2 - 6 June 2014, Bonn, Germany

Eleventh meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

28 - 30 May 2014, Montreal, Canada

UNEP/CBD/BS/AHTEG-RA&RM/5/5

Overview of the Status of Implementation of Operational Objectives 1.3, 1.4 and 2.2 of the Strategic Plan for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Invitation to Participate in the Online Discussion on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 26 May to 7 June 2014

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/ps/83555 (2014-073)
To: CPB and CBD National Focal Points, NBSAP Coordinators and relevant organizations

Fair on National Experiences with the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/UN/83536 (2014-072)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing House National Focal Points Relevant Organizations

Collection of feedback on existing capacity and experiences in using the BCH

Reference: SCBD/BS/GF/ABw/83466 (2014-070)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB-NFPs), National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH-NFPs), CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Relevant Organizations

Assessment and Review of the Effectiveness of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Article 35): Survey to Gather Information Corresponding to Indicators in the Strategic Plan

Reference: SCBD/BS/GF/ABw/81875 (2014-071)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB-NFPs), National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH-NFPs), CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

“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

Online Forum on Public Participation Concerning Living Modified Organisms

28 April - 16 May 2014, Online

Request for submissions on the status of implementation of the Framework and Action Plan for Capacity-Building for the Effective Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/ps/83470 (2014-061)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB Focal Points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations

UNEP/CBD/BS/CC/11/1

Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/BS/CC/11/1/ADD1

Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

Tenth meeting of the Liaison Group on Capacity-building for Biosafety

7 - 9 April 2014, Budapest, Hungary

REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Request for submissions in preparation 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)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/DA/83191 (2014-053)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated), and relevant organizations

Ninth meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH-IAC)

2 - 4 April 2014, Ispra, Italy

“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

Invitation to Participate in the Online Forum on Public Participation Concerning Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/UN/DA/83367 (2014-047)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing House National Focal Points, Relevant Organizations

Montreal, 7 March 2014 – Iraq deposited its instrument of accession to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity on 3 March 2014 and will become the 167th Party to the Cartagena Protocol on 1 June 2014.

Iraq to become 167th Party to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Montreal, 7 March 2014 – Iraq deposited its instrument of accession to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity on 3 March 2014 and will become the 167th Party to the Cartagena Protocol on 1 June 2014.

UNEP/CBD/BS/AHTEG-SEC/1/3

Report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Socioeconomic Considerations

Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group Meeting on Socio-economic Considerations (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)

17 - 21 February 2014, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Request for submissions in preparation 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)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ABw/83191 (2014-020)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated), and relevant organizations

UNEP/CBD/BS/LG-CB/9/2

Report of the Ninth Meeting of the Liaison Group on Capacity-Building for Biosafety

Composition of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Socio-economic Considerations (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ps/83084 (2014-007)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Relevant international organizations

UNEP/CBD/BS/WS-LMO/1/2

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

UNEP/CBD/BS/AHTEG-SEC/1/2

Global Overview of Information on Socio-Economic Considerations Arising from the Impact of Living Modified Organisms on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity

Extension of deadline: Testing of the “Guidance on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms” in actual cases of risk assessment

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/82041 (2013-126)
To: BCH Focal Points, National Focal Points of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CBD when no CPB designated), Relevant Organizations

Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 7), 29 September to 3 October 2014 – Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/83006 (2013-122)
To: Relevant organizations

The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress reaches the halfway mark to entry into force with ratification by Hungary.

The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress reaches the halfway mark to entry into force with ratification by Hungary

The Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety reached the halfway mark to entry into force after Hungary deposited the 20th instrument of ratification on 9 December 2013.

Central and Eastern Europe Regional Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Measures

16 - 20 December 2013, Batumi, Georgia

Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 7), 29 September to 3 October 2014 – Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/82977 (2013-115)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety Focal Points, CBD Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated

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

25 - 27 November 2013, Ispra, Italy

UNEP/CBD/BS/WS-LMO/1/INF/2

Interim Analysis of the Capacity of the Parties to Detect and Identify Living Modified Organisms

UNEP/CBD/BS/WS-LMO/1/INF/1

Summary of the Activities under the Electronic Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms (2012-2013)

Invitation for nominations to the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Socio-economic Considerations (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety), Seoul, Republic of Korea, 17 - 21 February 2014

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ps/82880 (2013-099)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Relevant Organizations

Nomination of Experts to the Workshop of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms, Ispra, Italy, 25 – 27 November 2013

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MM/DA/82651 (2013-082)
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

Invitation for nominations to the Central and Eastern Europe Regional Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Measures, Batumi, Georgia, 16 - 20 December 2013

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/DA/82653 (2013-086)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points for Central and Eastern European Countries and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan

Germany and Cambodia ratify/accede to the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress

Montreal, 12 September 2013 – Germany and Cambodia, on 27 and 30 August 2013 respectively, became the most recent countries to ratify/accede to the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Thus 16 Parties to the Cartagena Proto ...

Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Protocol

International treaty on biosafety marks its tenth anniversary

Montreal, 10 September 2013 – Under the theme, 10 Years of Promoting Safety in the Use of Biotechnology, the international community is marking the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the international agreement governing the movement of living modified organisms (LMOs) across national ...

FINAL REMINDER: Assessment and Review of the Effectiveness of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Article 35): Survey to gather information corresponding to indicators in the Strategic Plan

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/GF/ABw/81875 (2013-074)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing House National Focal Points

UNEP/CBD/BSRWCB/CAR/1/2

Report of the Workshop

Commemoration of the Tenth Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/UN/82412 (2013-072)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, BCH National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Relevant Organizations

UNEP/CBD/BS/AHTEG-RA&RM/2/4

Draft Guidance Documents on Risk Assesment: Draft texts for further deliberations