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

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/73746 (2010-176)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been designated)

This is to inform you that the term of some of the members of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is due to expire on 31 December 2010.

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

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/PS/80837 (2012-128)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been designated)

Invitation to prepare for elections to replace outgoing members of the Compliance Committees at the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol (COP-MOP 8) and the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol (COP-MOP 2)

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/VN/KG/ps/86062 (2016-131)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena and the Nagoya Protocols, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB and ABS NFPs have not yet been designated)

Invitation to prepare for elections to replace outgoing members of the Compliance Committees under the Protocols at the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol (COP-MOP 9) and the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol (COP-MOP 3)

Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/MPM/VN/KG/PD/PS/87660 (2018-082)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena and the Nagoya Protocols CBD National Focal Points (where CPB and ABS NFPs have not yet been designated)

Invitation to prepare for nomination and election of members of the Compliance Committees under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and under the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing

Reference: SCBD/CPU/NPU/DC/TS/WM/KG/PS/90539 (2022-054)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB and ABS NFPs have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities and members of the Compliance Committees under the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Invitation to prepare for the nomination and election of members of the Compliance Committees under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and under the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/TS/KG/PS/RKi/91865 (2024-092)
To: National focal points to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, CBD national focal points (where CPB and ABS NFPs have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities and members of the Compliance Committees under the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Invitation to provide written comments on the draft elements of a possible decision operationalizing the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/KM/90422 (2022-043)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Invitation to submit specific comments on the draft format for the fourth national report under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/MPM/MW/87584 (2018-069)
To: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points

Invitation to submit views on proposed procedure for avoiding or managing conflicts of interest in expert groups

Reference: SCBD/OES/WDY/moc/87536 (2018-064)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points and relevant international organizations

Invitation to the Biodiversity PreCOP, 30 August 2021

Reference: SCBD/OES/DAIN/FD/89831 (2021-061)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Invitation to the High-Level Segment of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and of the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/CE/89822 (2021-060)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Invitation to the High-Level Segment of the UN Biodiversity Conference 2024 in Cali, Colombia

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/CE/91680 (2024-047)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points

Invitation to the Online Discussion Forum on the Preparation of a Knowledge Management Component of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/ET/SM/89065 (2020-060)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Invitation to the Second extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, First extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and the First extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization, 16-19 November 2020, Montreal (Virtual)

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89067 (2020-073)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant stakeholders

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.

Ireland 10th state to ratify the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Montreal, 22 January 2013 – Ireland has become the 10th country to ratify the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Ireland deposited its instrument of ratification on 14 January 2013, making it the first country to ratify t ...

Ireland ratified the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on 14 January 2013.

Issue 1 of the Action Agenda Newsletter is now available.

Issue 14 of the Biosafety Protocol Newsletter, the biosafety newsletter, is now available.

Issue 15 of the Biosafety Protocol News, the biosafety newsletter, is now available.

Issue 17 of the Biosafety Protocol News, the biosafety newsletter, is now available.

Issue 18 of the Biosafety Protocol News, the biosafety newsletter, is now available.

Issue 3 of the Action Agenda Newsletter on Biodiversity Commitments for non-state actors is now available.

Issue 4 of the Action Agenda for Nature and People newsletter is now available

Issues and Developments of interest for the CTE

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary

Issues and developments of special interest for the ICC Commission on Biosociety

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary

January 2011 issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/74949 (2011-030)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points and Relevant organizations and partners

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the January 2011 issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity is now available on the CBD website at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2011/mba-2011-01-en.pdf.

Japan offers to host COP-10 and COP-MOP-5.

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/57192 (2007-011)
To: CBD / CPB National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you of the decision of the Government of Japan taken at a meeting of the Cabinet on 16 January 2007, to offer to host in Nagoya, Japan in 2010, the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) as well as the fifth ...

Joint CBD-Aarhus Convention Workshop

8 - 9 October 2010, Nagoya, Japan

Joint COP5/ICCP Bureaux Meeting

6 October 2001, Nairobi, Kenya

Joint FAO/UNEP panel of Experts on Pesticide Spec., Registration Requirement, Application Standards and PIC

29 - 30 May 2000, Grenada, Spain

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Evaluating Food Safety: Science and Ethics

1 - 15 May 2001, Rome, Italy

Joint Meeting of the COP Bureau and the ICCP Bureau

22 February 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Joint meeting of the COP Bureau and ICCP Bureau

18 December 2002, Montreal, Canada

Joint meeting of the COP Bureau and ICCP Bureau

15 March 2003, Montreal, Canada

Joint meeting of the COP Bureau and ICCP Bureau

15 November 2003, Montreal, Canada

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.

Largest international gathering on Biosafety meets in Bonn to finalize arrangements for the Cartagena Protocol

Bonn, May 12 2008- Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety opened their fourth meeting today at the Maritim Hotel in Bonn, in Germany. More than 3000 delegates from 147 countries assembled to fulfill their commitment to ensuring the safe use of modern biotechnology, including reaching a ...

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

Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Training of Trainers' Workshop on the Identification and Documentation of Living Modified Organisms under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

23 - 27 November 2009, Mexico City, Mexico

Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of LMOs

10 - 12 December 2007, Bridgetown, Barbados

Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms, Bridgetown, Barbados, 10-12 December 2007

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/jh/60860 (2007-147)
To: Latin America and the Caribbean Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points Relevant organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the regional workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in Bridgetown from 10 to 12 December 2007. The workshop will bring together scientists, regulators and decision makers who are involved in risk assessment and risk management of living modifie ...

Latin American Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

7 - 11 November 2011, Havana, Cuba

Latin American Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

20 - 24 August 2018, Panama City, Panama

Latin American and Caribbean Regional Meeting on the Biosafety Clearing-House

4 - 6 September 2001, Lima, Peru

Latin American and Caribbean Regional Workshop on Strengthening Capacities for the Integrated Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress and the Convention on Biological Diversity

16 - 20 April 2018, Mexico City, Mexico

Latin American and Caribbean Regional Workshop on the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

15 - 16 December 2011, Lima, Peru

Latvia becomes the first country to ratify the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress

Montreal, 7 December 2011 – On 30 November 2011, Latvia became the first country to ratify the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The first ratification comes just over a year after the Supplementary Protocol was adopted ...

Launch of Biosafety Technical Series No. 5: Training Manual on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

25 April 2022, Online

Launch of Technical Series No. 100: Synthetic Biology

27 April 2022, Online