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Workshop on Capacity-building for research and information exchange on socio-economic impacts of Living Modified Organisms under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

14 - 16 November 2011, New Delhi, India

SURVEY: EVALUATION OF THE ACTION PLAN FOR BUILDING CAPACITIES FOR THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/CG/jh/78147 (2011-214)
To: National Focal Points of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CBD where no CPB)

At its first meeting held in February 2004 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP) adopted an Action Plan for Building Capacities for the Effective Implementation of the Protocol. Its objectiv ...

Report of the International Symposium on COP 10 and COP-MOP 5 Outcomes, Tokyo (15 March 2011)

Latin American Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

7 - 11 November 2011, Havana, Cuba

Communiqué: Uruguay ratifies the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Uruguay ratifies the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Montreal, 6 November 2011 – On 2 November 2011, Uruguay deposited its instrument of ratification of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity and will become the 162nd Party to the Protocol on 31 January 2012.

Submission of background materials relevant to the Guidance on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/78075 (2011-208)
To: National Focal Points of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CBD where no CPB), Relevant organizations, Registered BCH users

In decision BS-V/12, the Parties to the Protocol requested the Executive Secretary to update the common format for submission of records to the Biosafety Information Resources Centre (BIRC) of the Biosafety-Clearing House in order to link the records relevant to risk assessment to specific secti ...

Benin becomes sixty-sixth signatory of the Nagoya Protocol and the thirty-sixth signatory of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress

Montreal, 31 October 2011 – Benin, on 28 October 2011, became the sixty-sixth 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-sixth signatory of ...

Meeting of the COP-MOP Bureau

29 - 30 October 2011, Montreal, Canada

Invitation for nominations to the 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

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ps/77966 (2011-202)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points for Latin America and the Caribbean

I am pleased to inform you that the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is organizing a regional workshop on the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress for Latin America and the Caribbean. The workshop will be held in Lima, Peru from 15 to 16 Dece ...

Survey Form to Assist Parties to Assess the Level of Public Awareness of Issues Regarding Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SCBD/BS/UN/CG/jh/78011 (2011-203)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

I am pleased to inform you that, in accordance with operational objective 2.1 of the programme of work, the Secretariat has developed a template, which could be adapted, expanded and used by Parties in undertaking the above activity. The template is available in English, French and Spanish and c ...

Communiqué: Hyderabad ready to host the world biodiversity community

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/77836 (2011-196)
To: All National Focal Points under the Convention and Biosafety Protocol

I am pleased to inform you that the Executive Secretary of the CBD paid a visit to India from 5 to 8 October 2011 to discuss preparations 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 the eleven ...

Hyderabad ready to host the world biodiversity community

Montreal, 11 October 2011 –The Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Ahmed Djoghlaf, paid a working visit to India from 5 to 8 October 2011 to discuss preparations for the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and its sixth meeting serving a ...

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

5 - 7 October 2011, Montreal, Canada

Caribbean Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

26 - 30 September 2011, Belize City, Belize

Testing of the “Guidance on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms”

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/77649 (2011-182)
To: National Focal Points of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CBD when no CPB designated), Relevant Organizations

At the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP), the Parties welcomed the collaborative efforts of the Open-ended Online Expert Forum and an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Risk Assessment and R ...

Nomination of Experts to the Latin American Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, Havana, Cuba, 7-11 November 2011

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/77650 (2011-183)
To: Latin America Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

In decisions BS-IV/11 and BS-V/12, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP) requested the Executive Secretary to convene regional or sub-regional training courses to enable countries gain hands-on experience in preparing and evaluating risk as ...

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 ...

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

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

Montreal, 20 September 2011 – Four countries—Belgium, Germany, Poland, and Portugal—today signed the Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety at a ceremony held at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

53rd edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (April-June 2011)

Nomination of Experts to the Anglophone Africa Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, Accra, Ghana, 12-16 December 2011

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/77562 (2011-175)
To: Anglophone Africa Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

In decisions BS-IV/11 and BS-V/12, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP) requested the Executive Secretary to convene regional or sub-regional training courses to enable countries gain hands-on experience in preparing and evaluating risk as ...

Invitation for nominations to the Asia and Pacific Regional Workshop on the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, New Delhi, India, 17 - 18 November 2011

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ps/77462 (2011-174)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points for the Asia-Pacific region

I am pleased to inform you that the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is organizing a regional workshop on the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress for the Asia and Pacific region. The workshop will be held in New Delhi, India from 17 to 18 No ...

Nominations to the Asia sub-regional Training of Trainers’ Workshop on the Identification and Documentation of Living Modified Organisms under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, New Delhi, India, 21 – 25 November 2011

Reference: SCBD/BS/KG/CG/jh/77490 (2011-168)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points for Asian Countries

I am pleased to inform you that the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is organizing a regional training of trainers’ workshop on the identification and documentation of living modified organisms for the Asia sub-region. The workshop will be held in New Delhi, India, from 21 t ...

Second World Biodiversity Congress (organized by The Century Foundation Bangalore, India)

8 - 12 September 2011, Kuching, Malaysia

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/77389 (2011-165)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated

I have the honour to inform you that, at the invitation of the Government of India, 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) will be held in Hyderabad, India, from 1 5 October 2012.

Signing Ceremony for the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/77260 (2011-152)
To: CPB Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that a signing ceremony for the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety which opened for signature on 7 March 2011 will take place on 20 September 2011 at the margins of the sixty-sixth session of th ...

Communiqué: Antigua and Barbuda becomes twenty-sixth signatory to the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol

Antigua and Barbuda becomes twenty-sixth signatory to the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol

Montreal, 10 August 2011 – Yesterday, Antigua and Barbuda became the twenty-sixth Party to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and the first small island developing State, to sign the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

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.

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

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/KG/jh/77120 (2011-146)
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

Paragraph 5 of decision BS-V/9 invites Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to nominate national and international reference laboratories with the view to establishing, through the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH), an electronic network of laboratories to facilitate the identification of ...

Reminder: Deadline for Submission of the Second National Report on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (30 September 2011)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/jh/74494 (2011-139)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

I have the honour to refer to Notification 2010-215 (Ref: SCBD/BS/GF/ABw/74494) dated 13 December 2010 inviting Parties to submit their second regular national reports on the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, as called for under Article 33 of the Protocol.

Spain becomes 40th signatory of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing and the 25th signatory of the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Montreal, 25 July 2011 –On 21 July 2011, Spain became the 40th Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity to sign 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 (CBD) ...

African Regional Workshop on the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

21 - 22 July 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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 (2011-129)
To: Caribbean Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

In decisions BS-IV/11 and BS-V/12, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP) requested the Executive Secretary to convene regional or sub-regional training courses to enable countries to gain hands-on experience in preparing and evaluating risk ...

Online Real-time Conference on Socio-economic Considerations in Decision-making concerning Living Modified Organisms: Asia-Pacific (English)

7 - 8 July 2011, Online

Online Real-time Conference on Socio-economic Considerations in Decision-making concerning Living Modified Organisms: Africa (French)

5 - 6 July 2011, Online

Online Real-time Conference on Socio-economic Considerations in Decision-making concerning Living Modified Organisms: Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish)

23 - 24 June 2011, Online

Online Real-time Conference on Socio-economic Considerations in Decision-making concerning Living Modified Organisms: Western Europe and Others Group and Central and Eastern Europe (English)

21 - 22 June 2011, Online

Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Hyderabad, India, 1 - 5 October 2012

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/CG/76517 (2011-125)
To: CBD and CPB Focal Points

Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, May 2011

Central and Eastern European Regional Workshop on the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

16 - 17 June 2011, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Online Real-time Conference on Socio-economic Considerations in Decision-making concerning Living Modified Organisms: Africa (English)

16 - 17 June 2011, Online

Third meeting of the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms

30 May - 3 June 2011, Mexico City, Mexico

Communique: Mauritania Becomes 23rd Signatory to the Two New Biodiversity Treaties

Mauritania Becomes 23rd Signatory to the Two New Biodiversity Treaties

Montreal, 20 May 2011 – Mauritania has signed the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization and the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, mak ...

GEF Support for the Preparation of the Second National Reports on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/jh/74494 (2011-101)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

I am pleased to forward to you the communication from Mrs. Monique Barbut, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) confirming the approval of GEF funding to enable eligible Parties prepare their second national reports on the implementation of the Cartage ...

Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, April 2011

Invitation for nominations to the African Regional Workshop on the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 21 - 22 July 2011

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/76139 (2011-098)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points for African Countries

I am pleased to inform you that the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity in collaboration with the African Union Commission is organizing a regional workshop on the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress for Africa.

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