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Meeting of the Biosafety Clearing-House Informal Advisory Committee

23 - 24 November 2006, Geneva, Switzerland

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.

Nomination Procedure for the third meeting of the ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. 19 - 23 February 2007, Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/56745 (2006-122)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated) Relevant Organizations

Reference is made to our notification dated 24 November 2006 (SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/56671) inviting Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations to advise the Secretariat of the name(s) and coordinates of their officially designated representative(s) to the third meeting of the ad hoc Open-end ...

Report on the Activities of the SCBD in 2006.

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/56748 (2006-123)
To: CBD and CPB National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the report on the activities of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity for year 2006 is available on the CBD website at: <a href='http://www.biodiv.org/secretariat/activities.shtml'>http://www.biodiv.org/secretariat/activities.shtml</a>. This re ...

Offline version of the Biosafety Clearing House.

Reference: SCBD/BCH/ET/ABw/55988 (2006-124)
To: BCH National Focal Points Cc: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points (or CBD Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated)

Pursuant to paragraph 15 of decision BS-III/2 on the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH), which was taken by the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP), I am pleased to announce that the Secretariat has produced a new offline ver ...

New Biosafety Clearing-House Features - December 2006

Reference: SCBD/BCH/PL/56889 (2006-131)
To: BCH National Focal Points Cc: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points (or CBD Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated) BCH Mailing List

Pursuant to Decision BS-III/2 of the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP), and in accordance with the multi-year programme of work for the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) adopted at COP-MOP-2, I am pleased to announce the i ...

Interim Arrangements for the Allocation of Funding for Facilitating Participation of Parties in the Convention process and its Biosafety Protocol

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/57059 (2007-002)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Pursuant to Decision VIII/31, paragraph 22, of the Conference of the Parties, I am pleased to forward to you the Interim Arrangement regarding procedures for the allocation of funding from the Special Voluntary Trust Fund (BZ) for facilitating participation of Parties in the Convention process a ...

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 ...

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety .

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/57194 (2007-012)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points

The Executive Secretary is pleased to announce, that following a competitive process of selection, Mr. Charles Gbedemah, a national from Ghana has been appointed as Senior Environmental Affairs Officer to the Biosafety Unit of the Secretariat.

Third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of Protocol

19 - 23 February 2007, Montreal, Canada

Third Coordination Meeting for Governments and Organizations implementing and/or funding Biosafety Capacity-building Activities

26 - 28 February 2007, Lusaka, Zambia

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

1 - 2 March 2007, Lusaka, Zambia

Third meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Protocol

5 - 7 March 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Report of the third meeting of the Open-ended Ad hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and request for submission of further views.

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/57796 (2007-035)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been nominated) Relevant international organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the report of the third meeting of the Open-ended Ad hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which was held in Montreal from 19 to 23 February 2007, is now available. The doc ...

New Biosafety Clearing-House Features – March 2007.

Reference: SCBD/BCH/KGM/PL/57894 (2007-040)
To: BCH National Focal Points Cc: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points (or CBD Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated)

I am delighted to announce the release of several new features to enhance the access to and use of the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH). These recent improvements to the design of the BCH Central portal have been implemented in accordance with recommendations made by the Informal Advisory Committe ...

Submission of First Regular National Reports.

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ABw/58011 (2007-045)
To: National Focal Points of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Parties are reminded that first regular national reports are to be submitted to the Secretariat no later than 11 September 2007, in an official language of the United Nations, in both hard copy and electronic Word format, and using the reporting format annexed to decision BS-III/14. The reportin ...

Second International Meeting of Academic Institutions and Organizations Involved in Biosafety Education and Training

16 - 18 April 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Workshop on "Introduction to Risk Assessment for the Deliberate Release of GMOs: Assisting Decision-making in a Biosafety Framework"

14 - 18 May 2007, Ca’ Tron di Roncade (Treviso), Italy

Release of the Second Issue of the Biosafety Protocol News.

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ABw/59008 (2007-078)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

I am pleased to inform you that the second issue of the newsletter on Biosafety, entitled Biosafety Protocol News, has been posted on the CBD website at the following address: <a href='/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-issue02.pdf'>http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-issue02.pdf</a>

African Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms, Addis Ababa, 23-25 August 2007

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/jh/59310 (2007-086)
To: National Focal Points of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and other Governments Relevant organizations

In paragraph 2 of decision BS-II/9, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol the Executive Secretary is requested to convene, prior to its fourth meeting, regional workshops on capacity-building and exchange of experiences on risk assessment and risk ma ...

Report of the second International Meeting of Academic Institutions and Organizations Involved in Biosafety Education and Training, 16-18 April 2007; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/jh/59340 (2007-092)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been nominated) Relevant international organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the report of the second International Meeting of Academic Institutions and Organizations Involved in Biosafety Education and Training, which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 16 to 18 April 2007, is now available. The document (UNEP/CBD/BS/CM-ET/2/4) may ...

Fourth meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (WG-L&R 4), 22-26 October 2007, Montreal, Canada.

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/59394 (2007-095)
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 fourth meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (BSLR WG-4) will be held in Montreal, Canada, from 22 to 26 October 2007. You will find attached the provisional agenda and it ...

Reminder - Submission of First Regular National Reports.

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ABw/58011 (2007-096)
To: National Focal Points of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference is made to my earlier Notification dated 16 April 2007 (Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ABw/58011), concerning the Submission of First Regular National Reports, as called for under Article 33 (Monitoring and Reporting) of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, as well as relevant decisions of the ...

UNEP/CBD/BS/RW-RA&RM/Afr/1/1

Provisional Agenda

Submission of Information on Experience Gained in Using the Preliminary Set of Indicators for Monitoring Implementation of the Capacity-Building Action Plan

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/ABw/59593 (2007-106)
To: National Focal Points of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated), Relevant Organizations

In its Decision BS-I/5, paragraph 28, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 1) invites Parties, other Governments, and relevant organizations to submit to the Executive Secretary, and to share through the Biosafety Cle ...

African Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms

23 - 25 August 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Submission of First Regular National Reports

Reference: SCBD/BCH/WD/ABw/58011 (2007-110)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points (or CBD Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated)

Reference is made to my earlier Notifications of 16 April and 25 July 2007 (both referenced as SCBD/BS/WDY/ABw/58011), concerning the Submission of First Regular National Reports, as called for under Article 33 (Monitoring and Reporting) of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

Workshop on “Biosafety of GM Crops and the Evolution of Regulatory Frameworks: Issues and Challenges”

24 - 28 September 2007, Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais, Brazil

Submission of views and/or information in preparation for the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Biosafety Protocol

Reference: SCBD/BCH/CG/WDY/jh/60095 (2007-116)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points (or CBD Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated)

I would like to draw your attention to the following decisions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Biosafety Protocol (COP-MOP) where the COP MOP has invited or requested the submission of views and information not later than six months prior to the date ...

Third meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House

4 - 5 October 2007, Montreal, Canada

Practical Course on "Evaluation of Risk Assessment Dossiers for the Deliberate Release of Genetically Modified Crops”

8 - 12 October 2007, Ca’ Tron di Roncade (Treviso), Italy

Central and Eastern Europe Regional Workshop on Capacity-Buliding and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organism, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 26-28 November 2007

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/jh/60313 (2007-119)
To: Central and Eastern Europe National Focal Points of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosatety and other Governments of relevant organizations

Central and Eastern Europe Regional Workshop on Capacity-Buliding and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organism, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 26-28 November 2007

Legal and Technical Experts Meet Next Week to Discuss International Rules on Liability and Redress for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Living Modified Organisms.

Legal and Technical Experts Meet Next Week to Discuss International Rules on Liability and Redress for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Living Modified Organisms

MONTREAL, 18 October 2007 – A working group of legal and technical experts on liability and redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety will meet in Montreal next week from 22 to 26 October. More than 200 participants, including delegates from Governments, civil society and in ...

UNEP/CBD/BS/RW-RA&RM/CEE/1/1

Provisional Agenda

Fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the Protocol

22 - 26 October 2007, Montreal, Canada

Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP MOP/4), 12 - 16 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/CG/JH/60409 (2007-125)
To: All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated

I have the honour to inform you that, at the invitation of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP/4) will be held at the Maritim Hotel in Bonn, Ge ...

Interim arrangements for the allocation of funding for facilitating participation of Parties in the Convention process and its Biosafety Protocol

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/57059 (2007-126)
To: CBD National Focal Points

As a follow up of the Notification dated 9 January 2007, referenced SCBD/SEL/OJ/57059 (2007-002), forwarding the interim arrangements for the allocation of funding for facilitating participation of Parties in the Convention and its Biosafety Protocol, adopted by the Bureau at its meeting held on ...

Notification

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/moc/60475 (2007-127)
To: All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated

I am pleased to inform you that the Minutes of the first meeting of the Bureau of COP-MOP3, held in Montreal at the headquarters of the Secretariat, are available at the Convention’s website: <a href='http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/cop-mop-bureau/cop-mop-bur-2007-10-14-en.pdf'>http://www.cbd.in ...

UNEP/CBD/BS/RW-RA&RM/CEE/1/INF/2

An Overview of Suggested Additions to the Format for Risk Assessment Summaries Submitted to the Biosafety Clearing-House

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Information for Participants

UNEP/CBD/BS/MOP/2/9

Risk Assessment and Risk Management (Articles 15 and 16)

UNEP/CBD/BS/MOP/3/INF/1

Report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment

New version of the Biosafety Clearing-House

Reference: SCBD/BCH/GF/ABw/60643 (2007-136)
To: BCH National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points or CBD Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated

I am pleased to announce the release of a new version of the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) that will be accessible, starting 1 November 2007, at the following URL: <a href='http://bch.cbd.int/'>http://bch.cbd.int/</a>. Web browsers directed to the old website will be automatically redirected t ...

Reminder: Submission of First Regular National Reports; Submission of Information on Experience Gained in Using the Preliminary Set of Indicators for Monitoring Implementation of the Capacity-Building Action Plan; and Submission of Views and/or Information in Preparation for the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Biosafety Protocol (COP-MOP)

Reference: SCBD/BCH/CG/ABw/60746 (2007-145)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points (or CBD Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated)

Reminder of Submission of First Regular National Reports; Submission of Information on Experience Gained in Using the Preliminary Set of Indicators for Monitoring Implementation of the Capacity-Building Action Plan; and submission of Views and/or Information in Preparation for the fourth meeting ...

Présentation du Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf : Rencontre sur le développement durable en Afrique du nord Tunis, Tunisie, le 18 novembre 2007

UNEP/CBD/BS/RW-RA&RM/CEE/1/1/ADD1

Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

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 ...

Fourth meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Protocol

21 - 23 November 2007, Montreal, Canada

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Risk assessment and risk management in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety