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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

Selected experts for the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on the Second Assessment and Review of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Vienna, Austria, 14 – 16 May 2012

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/jh/79434 (2012-064)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Relevant international organizations

Third Series of Regional Real-time Online Conferences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Asia and the Pacific

19 - 20 April 2012, Online

Third Series of Regional Real-time Online Conferences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Africa

17 - 18 April 2012, Online

Third Series of Regional Real-time Online Conferences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: WEOG and CEE

12 - 13 April 2012, Online

Third Series of Regional Real-time Online Conferences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Latin America and the Caribbean

11 - 12 April 2012, Online

Invitation for Nominations to the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on the Second Assessment and Review of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Vienna, Austria, 14 – 16 May 2012

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/jh/79434 (2012-051)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Relevant international organizations

Seventh meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee of the Biosafety Clearing-House

28 - 30 March 2012, Montreal, Canada

Invitation for nominations to an inter-regional workshop on capacity building needs for the implementation of the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress, Riga, Latvia, 9-11 May 2012

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ps/79277 (2012-043)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

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

Introduction of a new web page on ‘Completeness of National Records’ in the Biosafety Clearing-House

Reference: SCBD/BS/GF/ABw/79271 (2012-045)
To: National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH-NFPs), Cc: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB-NFPs)

Ninth meeting of the Liaison Group on Capacity-building for Biosafety

15 - 16 March 2012, Prague, Czechia

Eighth Coordination Meeting for Governments and Organizations Implementing and/or Funding Biosafety Capacity-building Activities

12 - 14 March 2012, Prague, Czechia

The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety closed for signature yesterday with a total of 51 signatories.

The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress receives 51 signatories

The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety closed for signature yesterday with a total of 51 signatories. Since the beginning of this year the Supplementary Protocol received 14 more signatures from the following Parties to the ...

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

Submission of information on your country’s experiences and challenges in making nominations to and using the Roster of Biosafety Experts

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/CG/jh/79055 (2012-035)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB-NFPs), CBD National Focal Points where CPF-NFPs have not yet been designated

Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-12) and 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/SEL/OJ/LB/79041 (2012-033)
To: all CBD Focal Points

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

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

Montreal, 15 February 2012 – Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias today began his tenure as the Executive Secretary to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at the Secretariat’s offices in Montreal, Canada.

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

Bahrain to become the 163rd Party to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Montreal, 13 February 2012 – Bahrain deposited its instrument of accession to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity on 7 February 2012 and will become the 163rd Party to the Protocol on 7 May 2012.

Meeting of the Sub-working Groups of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

13 - 15 February 2012, Bonn, Germany

Online Forum on Strategic Approaches to Capacity-building for Biosafety and the Comprehensive Review of the Capacity-Building Action Plan

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/jh/78936 (2012-026)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol of Biosafety (CPB-NFPs); CBD National Focal Points where CPB-NFPs have not yet been designated; and Relevant Organizations

Submission of information 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

Reference: SCBD/BS/MPDM/jh/67587(2) (2012-016)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing House National Focal Points, Relevant Organizations

Closing date for signature of the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ps/78657 (2012-007)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points

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/OES/AD/ar/78546 (2012-002)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated

Cyprus, on 29 December 2011, became the seventy-second signatory of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the thirty-seventh signatory of the Nagoya Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

Cyprus becomes seventy-second signatory of the Nagoya Protocol and the thirty-seventh signatory of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress

Montreal, 5 January 2012 – Cyprus, on 29 December 2011, became the seventy-second signatory of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the thirty-seventh signato ...

Latin American and Caribbean Regional Workshop on the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

15 - 16 December 2011, Lima, Peru

Anglophone Africa Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

12 - 16 December 2011, Accra, Ghana

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

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

Montreal, 7 December 2011 – On 30 November 2011, Latvia became the first country to ratify the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The first ratification comes just over a year after the Supplementary Protocol was adopted ...

Second National Reports on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety Available in the Biosafety Clearing House

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/GF/ABw/78232 (2011-226)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB-NFPs), National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH-NFPs)

In decision BS-V/14 on Monitoring and Reporting, the Conference of Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties (COP-MOP), requested Parties to submit to the Secretariat their second national reports on the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Accordingly, I am pleased to anno ...

Testing of the "Guidance on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms"

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/77649R (2011-227)
To: National Focal Points of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CBD when no CPB designated), Relevant Organizations

Further to my notification SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/77649, dated 23 September 2011, I am pleased to inform you that the deadline for submitting results of the testing of the overall utility and applicability of the Guidance on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms has been extended to 15 Decembe ...

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

28 - 30 November 2011, Nadi, Fiji

Asia Sub-regional Training of Trainers' Workshop on the Identification and Documentation of Living Modified Organisms

21 - 25 November 2011, New Delhi, India

Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

17 - 18 November 2011, New Delhi, India

54th edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (July-September 2011)