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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

Pre-Registration for an Online Survey on the Application of and Experience in the Use of Socio-Economic Considerations in Decision-Making on Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SBD/BS/CG/ET/ps/68297 (2009-090)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB NFP), CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been designated) Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points (BCH NFP), Relevant organizations

In line with decisions BS-II/12 and BS-IV/16 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP), the GEF Coordination Division of the United Nations Environment Programme, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention ...

Article 0

Preamble

Preparation for the formal meetings of SBSTTA 24 and SBI 3

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89184 (2021-023)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Preparation of an interim budget for 2021

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89067 (2020-077)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Preparation of an interim budget for 2022

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/AR/89836 (2021-062)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Preparatory webinar for the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

11 September 2024, Online

Press Release: Bahrain to become the 163rd Party to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Press Release: A New International Treaty to Address Damage that may Result from Living Modified Organisms Opens for Signature.

Press Release: A United Nations Conference on the Safe Use of Modern Biotechnology Opens Tomorrow

Press Release: Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias assumes helm at Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Press Release: Governments and Organizations involved in Biosafety Capacity-Building Projects convene in Costa Rica.

Press Release: International treaty on damage resulting from living modified organisms receives four new signatures

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

Press Release: The International Treaty on Damage Resulting from Living Modified Organisms Receives Sixteen Signatures.

Press Release: The Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Protocol on Liability and Redress for Damage Resulting from Living Modified Organisms born in Nagoya

Press Release: The UN Meeting on Biosafety Ends with An Agreement to Advance Work on the Issue of Socioeconomic Considerations Regarding Living Modified Organisms

Press Release: The sixth 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 (or COP-MOP 6) opened yesterday at the International Convention Centre in Hyderabad, India.

Press Release: World Community Adopts a new UN Treaty on Living Modified Organisms

Press conferences at the margins of the Meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols, 29 September-16 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/DA/fd/83879 (2014-109)
To: CBD, CPB and ICNP National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Press conferences at the margins of the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, including the High-Level Segment, 2-17 December 2016 - Cancun, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/DAIN/fd/85971 (2016-115)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities

Press conferences at the margins of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference 2018, 17-29 November 2018 - Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Reference: SCBD/MCO/ML/DAIN/JH/87609 (2018-072)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points, UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs, and indigenous people and local communities, and other stakeholders

Press conferences at the margins of the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 6) and the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11) - Hyderabad, India

Reference: SCBD/OMG/DA/an/80687 (2012-121)
To: CBD and CPB Focal points, indigenous and local communities, non-governmental and other relevant organizations

Article 11

Procedure for Living Modified Organisms Intended for Direct Use as Food or Feed, Or For Processing

Procedure for Media Accreditation (Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety 13 - 17 March 2006 And Eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity 20 - 31 March 2006 Curitiba, Brazil).

Only bona fide representatives of the mass media – press, photo, radio, television, and film – will be accredited to cover these meetings to be held at the Convention and Exhibition Center (Expo Trade), Curitiba, Brazil. To avoid delays upon arrival at the meeting venue, please submit the form o ...

Process towards responding to decision BS-VI/12 on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

Reference: SCBD/BS/GF/da/81009 (2012-140)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

Process towards responding to decision BS-VI/12 on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/jh/81028 (2012-143)
To: Relevant organizations

Productive discussions held towards a landmark new UN biodiversity framework

Productive discussions held towards a landmark new UN biodiversity framework

Montreal, 3 September 2021 – Discussions at the virtual third meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (WG2020-3) went into recess today, following positive and constructive exchanges that bring the world closer to a clear, ambitious and transformati ...

Proposed new dates: Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Fourth 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

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89500 (2021-019)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

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

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Public Awareness and Participation

Quarterly Report of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/76035 (2011-093)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points Relevant organizations and partners

It is my pleasure to inform you that the 52nd issue of the Quarterly Report of the Convention, covering the period 1 January to 31 March 2011, has been prepared in accordance with Decision IV/17 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The report contains a su ...

REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Credentials for the Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 7), 29 September-3 October 2014; Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 12), 6-17 October 2014; and First meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing (COP-MOP 1), 13-17 October 2014 – Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/WDY/moc/83791 (2014-100)
To: CBD, CPB and ICNP Focal Points

REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Request for submissions in preparation for the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 7)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/DA/83191 (2014-053)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated), and relevant organizations

REMINDER: Assessment and Review of the Effectiveness of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Article 35): Survey to gather information corresponding to indicators in the Strategic Plan

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/GF/DA/81875 (2013-060)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing House National Focal Points

REMINDER: Electronic Network of Laboratories and Online Discussion Groups on the Identification of Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/KG/ps/77120 (2012-042)
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

REMINDER: Electronic Network of Laboratories and Online Discussion Groups on the Identification of Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/KG/da/77120 (2013-015)
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

REMINDER: Nomination of Experts for the 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 (2010-098)
To: Pacific Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

Further to the notification dated 15 April 2010, this is to remind that the Pacific Sub-regional Workshop on Capacity-building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms will take place in Nadi, Fiji from 5 to 7 July 2010 following the generou ...

REMINDER: Nomination of Experts to the Asian Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 12-16 July 2010

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/71480 (2010-097)
To: Asia Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

Further to the notification dated 15 April 2010, this is to remind that the Asian Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms will take place in Siem Reap, Cambodia from 12 to 16 July 2010 following the offer by the Government of Cambodia to host this training course.

REMINDER: 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 (2011-148)
To: Caribbean Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points

Reference is made to the earlier notification (2011-129) sent on 8 July 2011 regarding the nomination of experts to the Caribbean Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms (LMOs), Belize City, Belize, 26-30 September 2011.

REMINDER: Nomination of experts to the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology (action required by 31 March 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/mw/84355 (2015-032)
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 Points

REMINDER: 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 (2016-060)
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

REMINDER: Online Forum on Strategic Approaches to Capacity-Building and the Comprehensive Review of the Capacity-Building Action Plan

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/CG/jh/78936 (2012-037)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB-NFPs), CBD National Focal Points where CPB-NFPs have not yet been designated, Relevant Organizations