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Online discussions of the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91337 (2023-115)
To: CBD national focal points, relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA national focal points, Cartagena Protocol national focal points, ABS Protocol focal points

Online discussions on biosafety commitments from non-State actors for the Action Agenda

27 September - 17 October 2021, Online

Online format for submission of the fourth national report on the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/KG/AB/87939 (2019-055)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB Focal Points have not yet been designated), BCH Focal Points

Online forum of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/AMC/MW/91278 (2023-099)
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

Online forum of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

17 - 24 November 2023, Online

Online forum on socio-economic considerations (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)

9 - 20 September 2019, Online

Online information on risk assessment of living modified organisms in preparation for the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MM/jh/73795 (2010-177)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been designated), BCH National Focal Point, Relevant Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the Guidance on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, which was developed by the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Risk Assessment and Risk Management and made available as annex III of document UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/5/12, is now also available online ...

Open-Ended Meeting of Experts on Compliance. Back to Back with ICCP 2

26 - 28 September 2001, Nairobi, Kenya

Open-ended Meeting of Experts on Capacity-Building for the Implementation of the Biosafety Protocol

11 - 13 July 2001, Havana, Cuba

Open-ended Online Forum on Risk Assessment

10 - 21 April 2023, Online

Open-ended Online Forum on Risk Assessment

21 - 25 August 2023, Online

Open-ended Online Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

20 January - 1 February 2020, Online

Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

4 - 29 March 2019, Online Forum

Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

20 - 31 March 2023, Online

Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

6 - 22 November 2023, Online

Open-ended Technical Expert Group on Identification Requirements of Living Modified Organisms Intended for Direct Use as Food or Feed, or for Processing (Article 18.2(a))

16 - 18 March 2005, Montreal, Canada

Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol

25 - 29 June 2001, Montreal, Canada

Open-ended online discussions on the Post-2020 Implementation Plan for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

8 - 19 July 2019, Online

Open-ended online discussions on the post-2020 Implementation Plan for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/KG/PD/PS/88111 (2019-044)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Opening Ceremony of the UN Biodiversity Conference

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/90697 (2022-076)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, CPB Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Opening Remarks by CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, to the High-Level Segment of the 2016 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 2 December 2016

Opening Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

13 March, 2006

Opening Statement by Minister Dato' Seri Law Hieng Ding, President of COP-MOP 1 and COP 7

Text of the opening remarks by Dato' Seri Law Hieng Ding, Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment for Malaysia, and president of COP-MOP 1 and COP 7, to the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

Opening Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the Seventh Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Pyeongchang, Republic Of Korea, 29 September 2014

Opening Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the Seventh Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Pyeongchang, Republic Of Korea, 29 September 2014

Opening for signature of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress

7 - 8 March 2011, United Nations Headquarters, New York, United States of America

Opening statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the 2021 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, Kunming, China, 11 October 2021.

Opening statement by Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, 17 November 2018, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Opening statement of Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the 2021 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, Kunming, China, 11 October 2021.

Outcome of the fifth 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

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/63197 (2008-047)
To: Biosafety National Focal Points

This is to kindly inform you that the report of the fifth 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 (“the Working Group” hereinafter) is now made available as document UNEP/CBD/BS/W ...

Outcomes of the 58th meeting of the GEF Council of relevance to the Convention and its Protocols

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/NP/88994 (2020-052)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs, and indigenous people and local communities, and other stakeholders

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 ...

Overview of the post-2020 process for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/KG/PD/PS/87928 (2019-027)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Pacific Sub-regional Workshop on Capacity-building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms

5 - 7 July 2010, Nadi, Fiji

Pacific Sub-regional Workshop on Capacity-building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms, Nadi, Fiji, 5-7 July 2010

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/71481 (2010-075)
To: Pacific Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

In paragraph 12 of its decision BS-IV/11, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP) requested the Executive Secretary to convene a workshop on capacity-building and exchange of experiences on risk assessment and risk mana ...

Pacific Sub-regional Workshop on Capacity-building for the Effective Implementation of the Biosafety Protocol

28 - 30 November 2011, Nadi, Fiji

Pacific Subregional Workshop on Capacity-building for the Effective Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 28-30 November 2011, Nadi, Fiji

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/jh/77633 (2011-184)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points of the Pacific Region, Relevant organizations

In its various decisions, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP) has underscored the urgent need to assist developing country Parties, in particular the least developed and the small island developing States among them, to build their capaci ...

Panama and Peru sign the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress

Montreal, 5 May 2011 – Panama and Peru, on 3 and 4 May respectively, became the 5th and 6th countries to sign the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

Part one of UN Biodiversity Conference closes, sets stage for adoption of post-2020 global biodiversity framework at resumption in 2022

Participation in the UNEP-GEF Project “BCH II: Continued enhancement of building capacity for effective participation in the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH)”

Reference: SCBD/BS/GF/ABw/70446 (2010-022)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB-NFPs), cc: National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH-NFPs)

I am pleased to inform you that, in response to Decision BS-IV/2 of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol (COP-MOP), the Global Environment Facility Council, at its meeting held in November 2009, approved the UNEP-GEF ...

Peer review of draft documents for the twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 24)

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/KM/89431 (2021-012)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Peer review of the draft literature review of trends and issues in synthetic biology (2012-2023)

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91494 (2024-003)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA national focal points, Cartagena Protocol national focal points, ABS national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Peer review of the outcomes and methodology of the process of broad and regular horizon scanning, monitoring and assessment of the most recent technological developments in synthetic biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/AMC/MW/91589 (2024-027)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Peer review of the outcomes of the process in response to decision XII/24 on synthetic biology

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/85140 (2015-139)
To: CBD National Focal Points; SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points, relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities

Peer review of the outcomes of the process in response to decision XII/24 on synthetic biology

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/85140 (2016-008)
To: CBD National Focal Points; SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points, relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities

Peer review of the report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/MW/87112 (2018-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Peer review of the study on financial security (Article 10 of the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress)

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/KG/PD/PS/89634 (2021-038)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of Parties to the NKLSP, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of non-Parties to the NKLSP, CBD National Focal Points where no Cartagena Protocol National Focal Point has been nominated

Peer review of the updated CBD Technical Series on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/MW/89581 (2021-031)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points

Article 5

Pharmaceuticals

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