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Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, to the Opening Session

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, to the Opening Session

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, to the Opening Session

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, to the Opening Session

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, to the Opening Session

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, to the Opening Session

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, to the Opening Session

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, to the Opening Session

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the opening of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 7 December 2022

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the opening of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 7 December 2022

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of International Women’s Day “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Biodiversity PreCOP, Monday, 30 August 2021

Statement by Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Montreal, Canada, 30 May – 3 June 2005

Statement by Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, to the opening session

Speaking at the opening plenary to COP MOP-1, Executive Secretary Zedan outlined the tasks ahead and encouraged all to "stay alert to emerging issues and further develop the programme of work to reflect the ever-evolving reality and state of the art knowledge in the field of biosafety."

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Asian Development Bank’s Biosafety Policy and Framework Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, 16-17 September 2010

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Asian Development Bank’s Biosafety Policy and Framework Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, 16-17 September 2010.

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Opening Session of the Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Nagoya, Japan, 11 October 2010

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Opening Session of the Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Nagoya, Japan, 11 October 2010.

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Pre-COP10-MOP5 Citizen Forum – Social Sustainability and Biological Safety Policy Reactions & Public Participation, Nagoya, Japan, 9 October 2010

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Pre-COP10-MOP5 Citizen Forum – Social Sustainability and Biological Safety Policy Reactions & Public Participation, Nagoya, Japan, 9 October 2010.

Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the opening of the Eleventh Meeting of the Liaison Group on Capacity-Building for Biosafety, Montreal, Canada, 14–16 March 2016

Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Protocol

Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Capacity Building Workshops for African Nationals Regarding (i) Nagoya Protocol on Access & Benefit Sharing and Traditional Knowledge; and (ii) Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability & Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 11 – 13 February 2013, Bangalore, India

Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Capacity Building Workshops for African Nationals Regarding (i) Nagoya Protocol on Access & Benefit Sharing and Traditional Knowledge; and (ii) Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability & Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 11 – 13 February 2013, Bangalore, India

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Opening Session of the Sixth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Hyderabad, India, 1 October 2012

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Opening Session of the Sixth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Hyderabad, India, 1 October 2012

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the opening of the eleventh meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Online, 1 December 2020

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the opening of the eleventh meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Online, 1 December 2020

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, at the opening of the twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, online, 3 May to 9 June 2021

Statement of the Executive Secretary, Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, at the closing of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference 2018, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 29 November 2018

Statement of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) at the Opening of COP-MOP 1

Speaking at the opening, the representative of UNEP stated: "This first meeting of the MOP is the culmination of a long journey but it is also the beginning of another one, which may be more challenging. The challenge ahead of us is to translate the objectives of the protocol into reality. Addre ...

States fulfil their commitment: Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress obtains required number of ratifications for entry into force

6 December 2017 – The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, following the deposit of the instrument of acceptance by Japan on 5 December 2017, will enter into force on 5 March 2018.

Status of funding for participation in the fifth meeting of the Working Group on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and Part Two of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/IS/90463 (2022-072)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points

Stepping up ambition towards the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: Call for commitments and actions through the Sharm El-Sheikh to Kunming Action Agenda for Nature and People

Reference: SCBD/OES/EMM/CS/CE/88903 (2020-046)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Study of Users and Potential Users of the Biosafety Clearing-House

Reference: SCBD/BS/GF/ABw/69956 (2009-178)
To: BCH National Focal Points, CPB National Focal Points, Relevant Organizations

We are pleased to inform you that this study has been launched and that a survey has been prepared as a part of this process. The survey will be available online at http://bch.cbd.int/resources/bch-survey/ for completion until 31 January 2010.

Sub-Regional Training Workshop on Risk Assessment and Public Participation for Anglophone Africa

12 - 15 November 2002, Windhoek, Namibia

Sub-Regional Training Workshop on Risk Assessment and Public Participation for Asia

21 - 24 January 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sub-Regional Training Workshop on Risk Assessment and Public Participation for Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia

27 - 30 May 2003, Vilnius, Lithuania

Sub-Regional Training Workshop on Risk Assessment and Public Participation for Francophone Africa

11 - 14 March 2003, Dakar, Senegal

Sub-Regional Training Workshop on Risk Assessment and Public Participation for Latin America

10 - 15 December 2002, Mexico City, Mexico

Sub-Regional Training Workshop on Risk Assessment and Public Participation for Small Island Developing States

18 - 22 February 2003, Nadi, Fiji

Sub-Regional Workshop for the Central Europe Group in the frameworks of Project UNEP-GEF "Biosafety Framework"

24 - 25 April 2003, Prague, Czechia

Sub-regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), 14-17 August 2023 - Manila, Philippines

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JEC/MC/91105 (2023-068)
To: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of ASEAN member States (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam) and Timor Leste

Sub-regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, Workshop on Target 3 of the GBF and UNEP Technical Workshop on the GEF Early Action Support Project for the Pacific Countries, 18-26 March 2024 - Nadi, Fiji

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91406 (2023-125)
To: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu

Sub-regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, and Workshop on Target 3 of the GBF for the Caribbean Countries, 15-19 April 2024 - Georgetown, Guyana

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91504 (2024-009)
To: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Submission of Information on Synthetic Biology (action required by 30 April 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84279 (2015-013)
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