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New dates announced for UN Biodiversity Convention meetings crucial to development of post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Montreal, 18 March 2020 – New dates have been announced for the UN Biodiversity Conference, now scheduled to take place from 11-24 October 2021 in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.

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 ...

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

30 April - 2 May 2024, Montreal, Canada

Ninth Meeting of an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for an International Legally Binding Instrument for the Application of the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (ICN/PIC-9)

30 September - 4 October 2002, Bonn, Germany

Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety - Credentials

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/lb/62508 (2008-025)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, all National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

I have the honour to refer to Notifications 2007 124 and 2007-125 dated 23 October 2007 conveying the invitation to participate in the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the ninth meeting of the Confere ...

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

30 May - 1 June 2012, Montreal, Canada

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

17 - 29 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

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

2 - 4 April 2014, Ispra, Italy

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

15 - 16 March 2012, Prague, Czechia

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 ...

Nomination of Experts for the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/KG/AM/MW/88288 (2019-069)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and Relevant Organizations, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

Nomination of Experts to the Anglophone Africa Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, Accra, Ghana, 12-16 December 2011

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/77562 (2011-175)
To: Anglophone Africa Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

In decisions BS-IV/11 and BS-V/12, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP) requested the Executive Secretary to convene regional or sub-regional training courses to enable countries gain hands-on experience in preparing and evaluating risk as ...

Nomination of Experts to the Anglophone Africa Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, Pretoria, South Africa, 8-12 April 2019

Reference: SCBD/CP/DC/MA/MW/87888 (2019-007)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of the Anglophone Africa region, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and relevant organizations, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Anglophone Africa region

Nomination of Experts to the Anglophone Africa workshop on detection and identification of living modified organisms, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 18-22 June 2018

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MM/MA/DA/87198 (2018-030)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of the Anglophone Africa region, and Relevant Organizations, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Anglophone Africa region

Nomination of Experts to the Anglophone African Laboratory Training Workshop on Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms, Abuja, Nigeria, 16-20 September 2019

Reference: SCBD/CPU/KG/MA/MW/88209 (2019-056)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of the Anglophone Africa region, and relevant organizations; Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Anglophone Africa region

Nomination of Experts to the Asia-Pacific workshop on detection and identification of living modified organisms, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 20-24 March 2017

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/MPM/DA/86174 (2016-149)
To: CPB National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), of: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Viet Nam and Yemen, Relevant Organizations

Nomination of Experts to the Asia-Pacific workshop on detection and identification of living modified organisms, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 20-24 March 2017

Reference: SCBD/SPS/MPM/DA/86174 (2017-001)
To: CPB Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), of: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Viet Nam and Yemen, Relevant Organizations

Nomination of Experts to the Caribbean Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, Belize City, Belize, 26-30 September 2011

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/76914 (2011-129)
To: Caribbean Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

In decisions BS-IV/11 and BS-V/12, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP) requested the Executive Secretary to convene regional or sub-regional training courses to enable countries to gain hands-on experience in preparing and evaluating risk ...

Nomination of Experts to the Central and Eastern Europe Training course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, Minsk, Belarus, 24-28 September 2018

Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/MM/MA/MW/87405 (2018-048)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of the Central and Eastern Europe region, and Relevant Organizations, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Central and Eastern region

Nomination of Experts to the Central and Eastern European workshop on the detection and identification of living modified organisms, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 7-11 March 2016

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/85254 (2015-152)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), of: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, Relevant Organizations

Nomination of Experts to the International Conference on GMO Analysis and New Genomic Techniques, 14 to 16 March 2023 - Berlin, Germany

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/AMc/MW/90686 (2022-073)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

Nomination of Experts to the Latin American Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, Havana, Cuba, 7-11 November 2011

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/77650 (2011-183)
To: Latin America Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

In decisions BS-IV/11 and BS-V/12, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP) requested the Executive Secretary to convene regional or sub-regional training courses to enable countries gain hands-on experience in preparing and evaluating risk as ...

Nomination of Experts to the Latin American Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, Panama City, Panama, 20-24 August 2018

Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/MM/MA/MW/87403 (2018-053)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of the Latin American region, Cuba and Dominican Republic, and Relevant Organizations, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Latin American region

Nomination of Experts to the South, Southeast and Pacific Asian Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, 7-11 November 2022 – Manila, Philippines

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/MW/90526 (2022-055)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Myanmar, Nauru, Niue, Nepal, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Viet Nam, Vanuatu, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and relevant organizations cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the South, Southeast and Pacific Asian sub-regions

Nomination of Experts to the Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms for Francophone Africa, 19-22 September 2022 - Dakar, Senegal

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/MW/90404 (2022-046)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and relevant organizations, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Francophone Africa region

Nomination of Experts to the Western, Central and Eastern Asian Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, 13-17 April 2020 - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/MA/MW/88481 (2019-103)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, China, Cyprus, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Oman, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and relevant organizations, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Western, Central and Eastern Asian sub-regions

Nomination of Experts to the Western, Central and Eastern Asian Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, 17-21 October 2022 - Antalya, Türkiye

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/MW/90492 (2022-050)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, China, Cyprus, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Oman, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and relevant organizations cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Western, Central and Eastern Asian sub-regions

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

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 Workshop on Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms for Francophone Africa, Tunis, Tunisia, 5-9 March 2018

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MM/DA/86969 (2017-118)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of the Francophone Africa region, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and Relevant Organizations, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Francophone Africa region

Nomination of Experts to the Workshop on Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms for Francophone Africa, Tunis, Tunisia, 5-9 March 2018

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MM/DA/86969 (2017-137)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of the Francophone Africa region, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and Relevant Organizations, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Francophone Africa region

Nomination of experts for a technical meeting on indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JC/KM/90243 (2022-019)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Nomination of experts for the Online Discussion on Biosafety Commitments from Non-State Actors for the Action Agenda for Nature and People

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/UN/89800 (2021-054)
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 and indigenous peoples and local communities

Nomination of experts for the ad hoc technical expert group on indicators for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/KM/90718 (2023-001)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91069 (2023-059)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: CBD national focal points, BCH national focal points, SBSTTA national focal points

Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Socio-Economic Considerations (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/KG/PD/PS/88246 (2019-068)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities

Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Socio-Economic Considerations and submission of information (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/KG/PD/PS/86495 (2017-039)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities

Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Socio-Economic Considerations and submission of information (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/KG/PD/PS/86495 (2017-046)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities

Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/DA/86613 (2017-048)
To: CBD National Focal Points, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/KG/MA/MW/87944 (2019-023)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points

Nomination of experts to participate in the Open-ended Online Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk Management and the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/KG/MA/MW/88425 (2019-095)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, relevant organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points

Nomination of experts to participate in the multidisciplinary Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/90935 (2023-034)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points

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

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

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 ...

Nomination of experts to the Workshop on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms, Mexico City, Mexico, 15-19 August 2016

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/85535 (2016-042)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, and relevant organizations

Nomination of participants to the Workshop on Border Control of Living Modified Organisms and Invasive Alien Species, Nadi, Fiji, 7-11 December 2015

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84972 (2015-100)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points of: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, relevant organizations

Nomination of participants to the Workshop on Border Control of Living Modified Organisms and Invasive Alien Species, Nadi, Fiji, 7-11 December 2015

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG[MPM/DAJ84972 (2015-114)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points of: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue. Palau. Papua New Guinea. Samoa, Solomon Islands. Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, relevant organizations

Nomination of participants to the workshop on developing capacity for national border controls of living modified organisms in Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, 17-19 October 2016

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/MPM/PD/ps/85817 (2016-088)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and relevant organizations.

Nomination of participants to the workshop on developing capacity for national border controls on living modified organisms in Small Island Developing States in the Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 27-29 March 2017

Reference: SCBD/SPS/MPM/PD/ps/86212 (2017-004)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu and relevant organizations