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Agreement reached to work towards a legally binding instrument on Liability and Redress with regard to GMOs

Bonn, 16 May 2008 - After four years of intensive negotiation, the 2,000 participants attending the Bonn Biosafety Meeting, the largest ever gathering on biosafety, agreed to work towards legally binding rules and procedures for liability and redress for potential damage caused from the tran ...

Submission of First Regular National Reports

Reference: SCBD/BCH/GF/ABw/58011 (2008-073)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (or CBD National Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not been nominated yet) Cc: National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House

Reference is made to my earlier notifications with respect to the submission of first regular national reports as called for in the relevant decisions of the Parties to the Protocol made in accordance with Article 33 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on monitoring and reporting. I would lik ...

Report of 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)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/64305 (2008-074)
To: Biosafety National Focal Points

This is to kindly inform you that the report of 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) is now made available as document UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/4/18.

Decisions of 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) requesting action from Parties and other Governments

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/jh/64396 (2008-078)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

With reference to the notification issued on 26 June 2008, SCBD/BS/CG/jh/64305, informing Parties of the availability of the final report of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety held in Bonn, Germany, 12 ...

Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 11-15 October 2010

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/64405 (2008-079)
To: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points

On behalf of the Government of Japan, and in accordance with Decision IX/35 of the Conference of the Parties, I am pleased to inform you that fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP MOP 5) will be held at th ...

Decisions of 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) requesting action from relevant organizations

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/jh/64414 (2008-086)
To: Relevant organizations

At its fourth meeting, held from 12 to 16 May 2008 in Bonn, Germany, the COP-MOP adopted a number of decisions requesting action from relevant organizations engaged in the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety process for their consideration. Please find attached herewith a summary list of the reques ...

Independent mid-term review of the GEF Resource Allocation Framework (RAF)

Reference: SBD/BS/CG/ET/jh/64487 (2008-092)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

As you may be aware, at its 32nd meeting in November 2007, the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) requested the GEF Evaluation Office to undertake an independent mid-term review of the GEF Resource Allocation Framework (RAF). The findings of the Review will be presented to the GEF ...

Fifth Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SBD/BS/CG/ET/ABw/64592 (2008-097)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Relevant Organizations

As you are aware, 11 September 2008 will mark the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. I therefore have the honour to invite you to celebrate the anniversary, use the occasion to further promote awareness of the Protocol, and mobilise different stake ...

Invitation for Nominations to the Roster of Biosafety Experts

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/ABw/64647 (2008-107)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points

At its fourth meeting, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP), in Decision BS-IV/4 , adopted a number of measures to further strengthen the Roster of Biosafety Experts. These included criteria and minimum requirements ...

Fifth Anniversary of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Fifth Anniversary of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Biotecnologia y Seguridad Alimentaria: Manejo y Control de Resgos de los OVM's (ASDMAS)

28 - 29 August 2008, Cuzco, Peru

Outreach Materials for the Fifth Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/UN/ABw/64757 (2008-108)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that a CD containing a number of outreach materials related to the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which will be marked on 11 September 2008, has been sent to all the National Focal Points and other stakeholders. A CD I ...

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

Reference: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/64638 (2008-110)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, c.c.: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

At its fourth meeting, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP) established an open-ended online forum on specific aspects of risk assessment through the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) as well as an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Ris ...

Release of the Fourth Issue of the Biosafety Protocol News - Fifth Anniversary Edition

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/UN/jh/64817 (2008-112)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the fourth issue of the newsletter on Biosafety entitled Biosafety Protocol News issued for the Fifth Anniversary of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety has been posted on the CBD website at the following addresses: http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-03-04 ...

International Treaty on Biosafety marks its Fifth Anniversary.

International Treaty on Biosafety marks its Fifth Anniversary

Montreal, 8 September 2008 ─ On 11 September, the world community will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, an important milestone in ensuring the safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms resulting from modern biote ...

Submission of guiding questions in preparation for the online conference on the need and modalities for developing standards on identification, handling, packaging and transport of living modified organisms (paragraph 3 of Article 18 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/KG/jh/64834 (2008-113)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

I would like to draw your attention to decision BS-IV/10 of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Biosafety Protocol where Parties, other Governments and relevant international organizations were invited to provide the CBD Executive Secr ...

Message from the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Message from the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Uso Sustenable de la Biotecnologia (ASDMAS)

11 - 12 September 2008, Tingo Maria, Peru

Second Analysis of the First Regular National Reports on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/GF/ABw/64976 (2008-123)
To: National Focal Points of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; cc: National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House

Reference is made to decision BS-III/14 of the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP/3), which requests Parties to submit their first regular national reports on the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol ...

Nominations of observers to the Open-ended Online Expert Forum and Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/65142 (2008-128)
To: Relevant Organizations

I am pleased to invite you to nominate experts from your organization who are actively involved in risk assessment and risk management, to participate as observers in this Open-ended Online Expert Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk Management.

Submission of Views on a Strategic Plan for the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/jh/65184 (2008-129)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points

At its fourth meeting, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP), in its decision BS-IV/15, invited Parties to make submissions on a strategic plan for the Protocol and requested the Executive Secretary to present a draft strategic plan on this ...

Announcement: Online-Conference on Capacity-Building in Environmental Risk Assessment and Post-Release Monitoring of LMOs, 3-14 November 2008

Reference: SBD/BS/CG/ET/jh/65224 (2008-131)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety CBD National Focal Points (where CPB-NFPs have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points, Relevant Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the “Online Conference on Capacity-building in Environmental Risk assessment and Post-Release Monitoring of LMOs” will be held from 3 to 14 November 2008.

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

Reference: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/64638R (2008-134)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CC: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

Further to my notification reference, SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/64638 dated 5 September 2008, I am pleased to inform you that the deadline for nomination of experts to the Open-ended Online Expert Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk Management has been extended to 31 October 2008.

Submission of views and/or information in preparation for the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

Reference: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/65409 (2008-140)
To: National Focal Points of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, other governments, and relevant international organizations

At its fourth meeting, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP), in its decision BS-IV/11, invited Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations to submit to the Executive Secretary information relevant to the wo ...

Biosafety: Online conference on capacity-building extended to 28 November 2008.

Biosafety: The first round of Discussion Groups within the Open-ended Online Expert Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk Management extended to 30 November 2008.

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

17 - 18 November 2008, Montreal, Canada

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

19 - 21 November 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Meeting of the COP-MOP Bureau

28 - 29 November 2008, Berlin, Germany

First meeting of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs concerning Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/WDY/jh/65767 (2008-158)
To: CPB National Focal Points

The first meeting of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs will be held from 23 to 27 February 2009 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Announcement: Fifth Coordination Meeting for Governments and Organizations Implementing or Funding Biosafety Capacity-Building Activities, 9 to 11 March 2009, San José, Costa Rica

Reference: SBD/BS/CG/ET/jh/65806 (2008-163)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB-NFPs have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points, Relevant Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the Government of Costa Rica, in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), has kindly offered to co-organise and host the fifth Coordination Meeting from 9 to 11 March 2009 in San José at the IICA Headquarters.

Berkeley Biosafety and Biodiversity Workshop

11 - 12 December 2008, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Report on SCBD Activities for 2008

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/65926 (2008-169)
To: All National Focal Points to the Convention on Biological Diversity All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the report on activities of the Secretariat on the implementation of the work programme of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, covering the period from January to December 2008, is now available at the follow ...

Report on activities of the Secretariat on the implementation of the work programme of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety now available.

Announcement of the Online-Conference on Capacity-Building for Integration of Biosafety into National Development Plans, Strategies and Programmes, 19 January to 6 February 2009

Reference: SBD/BS/CG/ET/jh/66040 (2009-004)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB NFP) CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been designated), National Focal Points to the Biosafety Clearing-House, Relevant Organizations

I have the pleasure to inform you that the “Online-Conference on Capacity-Building for Integration of Biosafety into National Development Plans, Strategies and Programmes” will be held from 19 January to 6 February 2009 through the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH).

Release of the Fifth Issue of the Biosafety Protocol News

Reference: SCBD/BS/UN/66076 (2009-006)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points, Relevant Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the fifth issue of the newsletter on Biosafety entitled Biosafety Protocol News has been posted on the CBD website at the following address: http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-03-05-en.pdf.

Online Conference on Capacity-building for Integration of Biosafety into National Development Plans

19 January - 6 February 2009, Online

UNEP/CBD/BS/REGCONF-CB-RA&RM/1/1/ADD1

Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/BS/REGCONF-CB-RA&RM/1/1

Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/BS/REGCONF-CB-RA&RM/1/1/ADD1

Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/BS/REGCONF-CB-RA&RM/1/1

Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/BS/REGCONF-CB-RA&RM/1/1

Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/BS/REGCONF-CB-RA&RM/1/1/ADD1

Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/BS/REGCONF-CB-RA&RM/1/1

Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/BS/REGCONF-CB-RA&RM/1/1/ADD1

Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

Reminder: Submission of Views on a Strategic Plan for the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/jh/65184 (2009-013)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points

I have the honour to inform you that the Secretariat has extended the deadline for receiving the submission of views to Tuesday, 31 March 2009.

First Regional Real-time Online Conferences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Europe

28 - 29 January 2009, Online

First Regional Real-time Online Conferences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Latin America

3 - 4 February 2009, Online