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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

Invitation for nomination to the Asia-Pacific regional training workshop on public awareness, education and participation concerning the safe transfer, handling and use of LMOs, 25-29 March 2013, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Reference: SCBD/BS/UN/ET/81279 (2013-010)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points in the Asia-Pacific Region

Socio-economic considerations (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety): outline of inter-sessional activities in accordance with BS-VI/13 of the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/ BS/WDY/ps/81257 (2013-008)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Relevant Organizations

Ireland 10th state to ratify the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Montreal, 22 January 2013 – Ireland has become the 10th country to ratify the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Ireland deposited its instrument of ratification on 14 January 2013, making it the first country to ratify t ...

Ireland ratified the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on 14 January 2013.

Invitation of nominations for the Caribbean subregional workshop on capacity-building for the effective implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 25 February to 1 March 2013, St. George's, Grenada

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/jh/81110 (2012-151)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points in the Caribbean subregion

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/6/18/CORR1

Report of 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 (Corrigendum)

Decisions 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) addressed directly to Parties and other Governments

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/jh/81084 (2012-149)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/6/18

Report of 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

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

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)

Africa Regional Capacity-building Workshop on Public Awareness, Education and Participation concerning the Safe Transfer, Handling and Use of Living Modified Organisms

5 - 9 November 2012, Kampala, Uganda

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

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

Hyderabad, 6 October 2012 - The sixth meeting of the governing body of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety ended last night here in Hyderabad, India, with an agreement to advance discussions to clarify socioeconomic issues associated with living modified organism (LMOs).

The sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties (COP-MOP 6) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety opens in Hyderabad, India.

World Meeting on the Safe Use of Living Modified Organisms Opens in India

Hyderabad / Montreal, 2 October 2012. 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, Ind ...

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

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.

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

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

1 - 5 October 2012, Hyderabad, India

Meeting of the COP-MOP Bureau

29 - 30 September 2012, Hyderabad, India

Biosafety Clearing-House Training Workshop

28 - 29 September 2012, Hyderabad, India

Communiqué: Hyderabad, 27 September 2012 – Some 2000 delegates from more than 150 countries will convene this coming Monday in Hyderabad, India, for 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).

United Nations meeting on the Safe Use of Living Modified Organisms opens Monday

Hyderabad, 27 September 2012 – Some 2000 delegates from more than 150 countries will convene this coming Monday in Hyderabad, India, for 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).

UNEP/CBD/BS/WS-CB/LMO/AFR/1/1

Workshop Agenda

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/6/INF/3

Capacity-Building: Online Forum on Strategic Approaches to Capacity-Building in Biosafety

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/6/13/REV1

Risk Assessment and Risk Management (Articles 15 and 16)

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/6/INF/18/REV1

Submissions on the Identification of Living Modified Organisms That Are not Likely to Have Adverse Effects on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity, Taking Also into Account Risks to Human Health

Shuttle Transfers for delegates attending the COP-MOP 6 and COP 11 meetings

Reference: SCBD/CONFSERV/NI/80827 (2012-129)
To: All CBD and CPB Focal Points, International Organizations, NGOs, ILCs

Invitation to prepare for an election at the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol to replace out-going members of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/PS/80837 (2012-128)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been designated)

Invitation to make nominations for the Africa regional capacity-building workshop on public awareness, education and participation concerning the safe transfer, handling and use of LMOs, Kampala, Uganda, 5-9 November 2012

Reference: SCBD/BS/UN/ET/80435 (2012-126)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points

Vehicle access to the Hyderabad International Convention Centre

Reference: SCBD/CONFSERV/NI/80824 (2012-125)
To: All CBD and CPB Focal Points

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

Credentials for 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), 1-5 October 2012, Hyderabad, India

Reference: SCBD/SEL/LG/lb/80674 (2012-116)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety Focal Points

Information regarding visa process for 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 Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11) - Hyderabad, India

Reference: SCBD/CONFSERV/NI/80667 (2012-114)
To: CBD and CPB National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Meeting of the COP-MOP Bureau

23 - 24 July 2012, Montreal, Canada

COP-MOP 6/Welcome Message from Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity

REMINDER: Online Forum on Strategic Approaches to Capacity-Building in Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/CG/jh/78936 (2012-108)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB-NFPs), CBD National Focal Points where CPB-NFPs have not yet been designated, BCH National Focal points, Relevant Organizations

Exhibition Space for the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/lb/80179 (2012-107)
To: All CBD and CPB Focal Points, International organizations

Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) Training Workshop, Hyderabad, India, 28-29 September 2012 (prior to COP-MOP/6)

Reference: SCBD/BCH/GF/ABw/80287 (2012-097)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB-NFPs), National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH-NFPs)

Exhibition Space for the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties (COP-MOP 6) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/ar/80179 (2012-091)
To: All CBD and CPB Focal Points, International organizations

Hotel Accommodation for the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties (COP-MOP 6) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/ar/80134 (2012-085)
To: All CBD and CPB Focal Points, International organizations

Fourth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

4 - 8 June 2012, Montreal, Canada

Online Forum on Public Awareness, Education and Participation Concerning the Safe Transfer, Handling and Use of Living Modified Organisms

4 - 18 June 2012, Online

Fair on National Experiences with the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/UN/jh/80062 (2012-083)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Relevant Organizations

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

30 May - 1 June 2012, Montreal, Canada

Side-Events at the margins of the Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties (COP-MOP 6) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/ar/79963 (2012-080)
To: All CBD and CPB Focal Points, International organizations

Invitation to Participate in the Online Forum on Public Awareness, Education and Participation Concerning the Safe Transfer, Handling and Use of Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SCBD/BS/UN/ET/ps/79961 (2012-079)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant Organizations

Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group Meeting on the Second Assessment and Review of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

14 - 16 May 2012, Vienna, Austria

Inter-Regional Workshop on Capacity Needs for the Implementation of the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress

9 - 11 May 2012, Riga, Latvia