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50th-51st edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (July-December 2010)

The Electronic Version of the Publication “The Convention on Biological Diversity Year in Review 2010” Is Now Available.

Certified copies of the text of the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ps/75080 (2011-039)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated, Relevant Organizations

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, acting in his capacity as depositary, has finalized the authentication and preparation of certified copies of the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Nagoya, 15 October 2010) in ...

Briefing Sessions and Side Event about the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress during the UNEP Governing Council meeting

21 - 25 February 2011, Nairobi, Kenya

Nominations to the Central and Eastern European Regional Training of Trainers’ Workshop on the Identification and Documentation of Living Modified Organisms under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 11 – 15 April 2011

Reference: SCBD/BS/KG/CG/jh/75023 (2011-036)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, for Central and Eastern European Countries

I am pleased to inform you that the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, with funding support from the European Union, is organizing a regional training of trainers’ workshop on the identification and documentation of living modified organisms for the Central and Eastern Europe ...

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

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/jh/75002 (2011-035)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), cc: GEF Operational Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the GEF has set aside funds for eligible Parties to prepare their second national reports.

Submission of Information to Facilitate the Comprehensive Review of the Action Plan for Building Capacities for the Effective Implementation of the Protocol

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/jh/74936 (2011-029)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

At its third meeting, which was held in Curitiba, Brazil in March 2006, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP) adopted, in decision BS-III/3, an updated Action Plan for Building Capacities for the Effective Implementat ...

January 2011 issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/74949 (2011-030)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points and Relevant organizations and partners

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the January 2011 issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Activities (MBA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity is now available on the CBD website at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/mba/2011/mba-2011-01-en.pdf.

Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, January 2011.

Scientific review of the "Guidance on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms"

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPDM/jh/74825 (2011-024)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Relevant organizations

At the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP), the Parties welcomed the “Guidance on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms” developed through collaborative efforts between the Open-ended Online Expert Forum and the Ad ...

Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, December 2010.

Socio-economic considerations (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety): Inter-sessional activities emanating from COP-MOP decision BS-V/3, paragraphs 21 to 26

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/KG/jh/74729 (2011-016)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Relevant Organizations

At its fifth meeting, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP) adopted decision BS-V/3 on Status of Capacity-Building Activities. Section IV of the decision concerns cooperation on identification of capacity-building nee ...

Minutes of the first meeting of the Bureau of COP-MOP 5

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/74727 (2011-010)
To: all CPB Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the final minutes of the first meeting of the Bureau of COP-MOP 5, held in Kanazawa on 19 December 2010, is now available at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/mop-bureau/mop-bur-2010-12-19-en.pdf

Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, November 2010.

Submission of the Second Regular National Reports

Reference: SCBD/BS/GF/ABw/74494 (2010-215)
To: National Focal Points of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

Reference is made to decision BS-V/14, paragraph 3, of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP), which requests Parties to submit their second regular national reports on the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosaf ...

Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, October 2010.

Report of the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP/5) requesting action from Parties and other Governments

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/jh/74436 (2010-212)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated

I have the pleasure to inform you that the final report of the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety held in Nagoya, Japan, 11 to 15 October 2010 (document UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/5/17) is currently available at th ...

Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, September 2010.

World Community Adopts a new UN Treaty on Living Modified Organisms

Nagoya, 16 October 2010. At 6.15 p.m. Friday here in Japan, a new international treaty, “the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety”, was adopted at one of the largest intergovernmental meetings ever held on the safe use of m ...

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

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

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

Nagoya, 12 October, 2010 – After more than six years of intense negotiations, Parties to the Biosafety Protocol finalized the negotiation of a new treaty known as the “Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety”.

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

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

11 - 15 October 2010, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

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

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

Nagoya, 10 October, 2010 – A five-day meeting of the governing body of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, known as the “Conference of the Parties serving as meeting of the Parties to the Protocol” (or COP-MOP) opens here Monday at the Nagoya Congress Centre. More than 4,000 delegates, includi ...

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

Joint CBD-Aarhus Convention Workshop

8 - 9 October 2010, Nagoya, Japan

Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) Training Workshop

8 - 9 October 2010, Nagoya, Japan

Fourth meeting of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

6 - 8 October 2010, Nagoya, Japan

Registration procedure for Nagoya meetings, from 04 October 2010.

Media Advisory for the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 5)

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/UN/jh/74163 (2010-188)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been designated), Relevant Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that a media advisory regarding the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP 5) has been posted on the CBD website at the following address: http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2010/pr-2010-09-28-mop5-en.pdf.

Reminder: Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP MOP/5), 11 – 15 October 2010, Nagoya, Japan - CREDENTIALS

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/72619 (2010-185)
To: All CPB Focal Points

As a follow-up to Notification 2010-133 of 7 July 2010, I wish to remind Parties that, in accordance with rule 18, credentials of representatives and the names of alternate representatives and advisers shall be submitted to the Executive Secretary, if possible not later than twenty-four hours af ...

10 October 2010 – Nagoya Congress Center closed for one hour

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/74022 (2010-182)
To: All CBD, CPB Focal Points, International Organizations, NGOs, ILCs

The Nagoya Congress Center (NCC) will be temporary closed on Sunday 10 October 2010 from 07:00 a.m. to 08:00 a.m., to allow for a security check. During this period, all participants to the meetings, including media, are not allowed to enter or/and stay in the NCC. Participants are kindly reques ...

Vehicle access to the Nagoya Congress Center

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/74021 (2010-183)
To: All CBD, CPB Focal Points, International Organizations, NGOs, ILCs

During the High Level Segment of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, vehicle access to the Nagoya Congress Center (NCC) will be highly restricted and in particular between 25 - 30 October 2010.

Media Advisory: Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to meet in Aichi-Nagoya from 11 to 15 October 2010.

Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, August 2010.

Media Advisory - Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to meet in Aichi-Nagoya from 11 to 15 October 2010

Montreal, 28 September 2010 – Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety are preparing to hold their fifth ordinary meeting from 11 to 15 October 2010 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, at the Nagoya Congress Center (NCC). More than 3,000 delegates representing governments, civil society and industry a ...

Free train transportation upon arrival and departure for MOP-5 and COP-10 Participants

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/73727 (2010-178)
To: All CBD, CPB Focal Points, International Organizations, NGOs, ILCs

I am pleased to inform you that the Aichi-Nagoya COP 10 CBD Promotion Committee will provide COP-MOP-5 and COP-10 participants with free round trip train tickets for Meitetsu Airport Line which runs between the Central Japan International Airport (Centrair Station) and Nagoya City (Meitetsu Nago ...

Online information on risk assessment of living modified organisms in preparation for the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MM/jh/73795 (2010-177)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been designated), BCH National Focal Point, Relevant Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the Guidance on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, which was developed by the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Risk Assessment and Risk Management and made available as annex III of document UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/5/12, is now also available online ...

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

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

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/73746 (2010-176)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been designated)

This is to inform you that the term of some of the members of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is due to expire on 31 December 2010.

Fair on National Experiences with the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety at the margins of the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP 5): Extension of Deadline for Applications to Participate

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/CG/UN/jh/71109 (2010-174)
To: All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been designated) and Relevant Organizations

Please refer to my earlier notification of 15 March 2010 (Ref. SCBD/BS/ET/CG/UN/jh/71109) regarding the CEPA fair on national experiences with the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety at the margins of the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of ...

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

8 - 10 September 2010, Montreal, Canada

Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, July 2010.

Fourth meeting of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (6-8 October, Nagoya, Japan)

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ps/73102 (2010-155)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been designated), Relevant Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the report of the third meeting of the Group of Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress that contains, among other things, the latest version of the text of the proposed supplementary protocol to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is now available in al ...

Communiqué: Somalia Becomes the 160th Party to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.