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The International Treaty on Damage Resulting from Living Modified Organisms Receives Sixteen Signatures

Montreal, 12 May 2011 – Fifteen countries and the European Union yesterday signed the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety at a ceremony held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Invitation for nominations to the Central and Eastern European Regional Workshop on the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 16 - 17 June 2011

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/PS/75975 (2011-092)
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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 Central and Eastern Europe, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. ...

Quarterly Report of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/76035 (2011-093)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points Relevant organizations and partners

It is my pleasure to inform you that the 52nd issue of the Quarterly Report of the Convention, covering the period 1 January to 31 March 2011, has been prepared in accordance with Decision IV/17 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The report contains a su ...

52nd edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (January-March 2011).

Communique: Panama and Peru sign the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress.

Panama and Peru sign the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress

Montreal, 5 May 2011 – Panama and Peru, on 3 and 4 May respectively, became the 5th and 6th countries to sign the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

Regional Online Real-time Conferences on Socio-economic Considerations (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/KG/jh/76023 (2011-091)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Relevant Organizations

In paragraph 24 of decision BS-V/3, the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety requested the Executive Secretary to convene regional online conferences to: (i) facilitate the exchange of views, information and experiences on socio-economic considerations on a regional basis; and (ii) ide ...

Communiqué: Morocco Ratifies the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

Morocco Ratifies the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Montreal, 29 April 2011 – Morocco deposited its instrument of ratification of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on 25 April 2011 and will become the 161st Party to the Protocol on 24 July 2011. The ratification comes as the Protocol enters a new phase which will be guided by a ten-year Strateg ...

Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, March 2011.

Central and Eastern European Regional Training of Trainers' Workshop on the Identification and Documentation of Living Modified Organisms under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

11 - 15 April 2011, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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

7 - 8 April 2011, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

Expedited GEF Support for the Second National Report on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/75600 (2011-076)
To: National Focal Points of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

I am pleased to forward you the communication from Mrs. Monique Barbut, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), with respect to the access to GEF funding for preparing the second national reports on the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafe ...

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

4 - 6 April 2011, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

Sixth meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH-IAC)

30 March - 1 April 2011, Montreal, Canada

Release of a Video on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/UN/jh/75464 (2011-064)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Relevant organizations

In its decision BS-V/13, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP) adopted a programme of work on public awareness, education and participation concerning the safe transfer, handl ...

Online discussion groups on socio-economic considerations under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

21 March - 8 May 2011, Online

Monthly Bulletin of Activities of the CBD, February 2011

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

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/jh/75316 (2011-054)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

I am very pleased to inform you that another signing ceremony will take place on 11 May 2011 in New York at the occasion of the High Level Segment of the nineteenth session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD). Parties who intend to seize this opportunity to sign th ...

Press Release: A New International Treaty to Address Damage that may Result from Living Modified Organisms Opens for Signature.

A New International Treaty to Address Damage that may Result from Living Modified Organisms Opens for Signature

Montreal, 7 March 2011 – At a ceremony held today in New York, the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was opened for signature by Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Th ...

Opening for signature of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress

7 - 8 March 2011, United Nations Headquarters, New York, United States of America

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.