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Resumed meeting of the Interregional Negotiating Group (ING) of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Nagoya, Japan, 13-15 October 2010

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/SG/73982 (2010-180)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points

Following consultations held at the Ministerial breakfast convened in conjunction with the High Level Event of the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly on biodiversity, I am very pleased to inform you that the Interregional Negotiating Group (ING) of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working ...

Resumed meeting of the Interregional Negotiating Group (ING) of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Nagoya, Japan, 13-15 October 2010

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/SG/73982 (2010-181)
To: Indigenous and local community organizations, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and relevant stakeholders

Following consultations held at the Ministerial breakfast convened in conjunction with the High Level Event of the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly on biodiversity, I am very pleased to inform you that the Interregional Negotiating Group (ING) of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working ...

Resumed meeting of the Interregional Negotiating Group (ING) on Access and Benefit-sharing, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 13 - 15 October 2010: Scenario note from the ABS Co-Chairs

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/74179 (2010-190)
To: CBD and ABS National Focal Points, indigenous and local community organizations and international organizations, non-governmental organizations and relevant stakeholder

With reference to the Resumed meeting of the Interregional Negotiating Group (ING) on Access and Benefit-sharing, to be held from 13 to 15 October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan, the Secretariat is pleased to circulate herewith a scenario note from the Co-Chairs of the Working Group on Access and Benefit ...

Resumed Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Nagoya, Japan, 13-15 October 2010: Revised draft COP-10 decision on Access and benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/GD/74189 (2010-191)
To: CBD and ABS National Focal Points, indigenous and local community organizations and international organizations, non-governmental organizations and relevant stakeholders

With reference to the second resumed meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, to be held on 16 October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan, the Secretariat is pleased to circulate herewith a revised draft COP-10 decision on access and benefit-sharing submitted by the Co-Ch ...

Submission of information and views in accordance with decision X/1 on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74553 (2010-216)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties to submit views and other information in preparation for the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee to be held from 6 to 10 June 2011 and with a view to support the implementation of the Protocol in accordance with decision X/1 of t ...

Submission of information and views in accordance with decision X/1 on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74553 (2010-217)
To: International organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders

The purpose of this notification is to invite international organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders to submit views and other information in preparation for the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee to be held from 6 to 10 June 2011 and wi ...

Designation of a Focal Point for the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74557 (2010-220)
To: Ministers of the Environment of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the European Commissioner for the Environment

In decision X/1 of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan from 18 to 29 October 2010, Parties to the Convention and other States and regional economic integration organizations were urged to “designate ...

Opening for Signature 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

Reference: SCBD/SEL/LG/SG/74565 (2010-221)
To: CBD Focal Points and ABS Focal Points

Reference is made to the attached copies of a notification dated 14 December 2010 from the Secretary-General of the United Nations, acting in his capacity as depositary to the Convention on Biological Diversity, regarding the opening for signature of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Reso ...

Nominations for the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74578 (2010-224)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that, in line with COP decision X/1, paragraph 11, the Co-Chairs of the Open-ended Ad-hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing shall be Mr. Fernando Casas from Colombia and Mr. Timothy Hodges from Canada. With reference to ...

Opening for Signature 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

Reference: SCBD/SEL/LG/SG/74616 (2010-228)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS Focal Points

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, acting in his capacity as depositary to the Convention on Biological Diversity, has advised that certified true copies of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization ...

First meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP 1), Montreal, Canada, 6-10 June 2011

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74645 (2011-001)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

I am pleased to confirm that the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP) will be held in Montreal, Canada, on 6-10 June 2011.

First meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP 1), Montreal, Canada, 6-10 June 2011

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74645 (2011-005)
To: International organizations and relevant stakeholders

I am pleased to confirm that the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP) will be held in Montreal, Canada, on 6-10 June 2011.

First meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP 1), Montreal, Canada, 6-10 June 2011

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74645 (2011-006)
To: Indigenous and local community organizations

I am pleased to confirm that the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP) will be held in Montreal, Canada, on 6-10 June 2011.

Further information regarding the designation of a Focal Point for the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74730 (2011-008)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

As indicated in the letter to Ministers of the Environment (2010-220), dated 17 December, 2010, in decision X/1, paragraph 20, the Conference of the Parties urged Parties to the Convention and other States and regional economic organizations to designate national focal points for the Intergovern ...

Expert Meeting on the Modalities of Operation of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House, 11-14 April 2011, Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74725 (2011-009)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, International organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders

Article 14 of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing establishes an Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House (ABS Clearing-House) as part of the clearing-house mechanism under Article 18, paragraph 3 of the Convention. The ABS Clearing-House is a means for the sharing of information ...

Invitation to provide information on new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/RH/VA74761 (2011-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points, other Governments and relevant organizations

In section II of decision IX/29 the Conference of the Parties decided on the process for the identification of new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources. In acc ...

Signature of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74855 (2011-023)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS Focal Points

In accordance with decision X/1, paragraph 2, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization was opened for signature by Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity at the United Nations Headquarters in New Y ...

REMINDER: Expert Meeting on the Modalities of Operation of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House, 11-14 April 2011, Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74725 (2011-033)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, International organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders

Reference is made to notification (2011-009) sent on 18 January 2011, available at http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-009-abs-chm-en.pdf regarding the designation of experts for the Expert Meeting on the modalities of operation of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing- House to ...

REMINDER: DEADLINE 15 MARCH 2011 - Submission of information and views in accordance with Decision X/1 on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74553 (2011-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points and ICNP National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties to submit views and other information in preparation for the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee to be held from 6 to 10 June 2011 and with a view to support the implementation of the Protocol in accordance with decision X/1 of t ...

REMINDER: DEADLINE 15 MARCH 2011 - Submission of information and views in accordance with decision X/1 on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74553 (2011-041)
To: International organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders

The purpose of this notification is to invite international organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders to submit views and other information in preparation for the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee to be held from 6 to 10 June 2011 and wi ...

Mexico signs Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/75138 (2011-043)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, Partner Organizations

I am very pleased to inform you that on 24 February 2011 Mexico became the fifth country to sign the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization.

REMINDER: Designation of a Focal Point for the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/74730 (2011-051)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

In decision X/1, paragraph 20, the Conference of the Parties urged Parties to the Convention and other States and regional economic organizations to designate national focal points for the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol (ICNP), in light of the adoption of the Nagoya Protocol ...

Signing Ceremony for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, 11 May 2011, United Nations Headquarters, New York

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/75307 (2011-052)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, and ICNP Focal Points

Following the opening for signature of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization on 2 February 2011, I am pleased to inform you that the following six countries have signed: Colombia, Yemen, Algeria, Brazil, M ...

Nominations for the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing and the Co-Chair of the Committee

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/75309 (2011-053)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points and ICNP Focal Points

Reference is made to notification 2010-224 sent on 21 December 2011 regarding the nomination of members for the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol.

Further details regarding the organization of the First meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP-1), Montreal, Canada, 6-10 June 2011

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/75315 (2011-056)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points and ICNP National Focal Points

In accordance with decision X/1, the first meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol (ICNP-1) is to be held from 6 to 10 June 2011 and is to be preceded by a one-day meeting to elect its Bureau and agree on other organizational matters.

Composition of Expert Meeting on the Modalities of Operation of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House, Montreal, Canada, 11-14 April 2011

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/75308 (2011-055)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points, International organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders

In accordance with Decision X/1, paragraph 12 and Annex II, the Open-ended Ad-hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing will consider the modalities of operation of the ABS Clearing-House, including reports on its activities, at its first meeting, from ...

Invitation to the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing, 4-5 June 2011, Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/75486 (2011-066)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points and indigenous and local community organizations, cc: Mr. Shakeel Bhatti, Secretary of the ITPGRFA

In decision X/1, paragraph 13, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary to provide technical assistance to Parties, subject to the availability of financial resources, with a view to supporting the early ratification and implementation of the Nagoya Protocol.

REMINDER: DEADLINE 31 MARCH 2011: Designation of a Focal Point for the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/AS/74730 (2011-067)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

In decision X/1, paragraph 20, the Conference of the Parties urged Parties to the Convention and other States and regional economic organizations to designate national focal points for the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol (ICNP), in light of the adoption of the Nagoya Protocol ...

Further details regarding the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing, 4-5 June 2011, Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/AS/76242 (2011-103)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points and indigenous and local community organizations, Cc: ITPGRFA

Reference is made to notification 2011-066 dated 29 March 2011 regarding the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing to be held from 4-5 June 2011 in Montreal, Canada.

Corrections du texte original de la version française du Protocole de Nagoya sur l’accès aux ressources génétiques et le partage des avantages

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/76812 (2011-128)
To: points focaux nationaux CDB et points focaux ABS des pays francophones

Il me fait plaisir de faire circuler les notifications ci-jointes en date du 17 juin 2011 provenant du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies, agissant en sa qualité de dépositaire de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, en ce qui concerne la version française du texte du Protocole de Nagoya ...

Submission of views on cooperative procedures and institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the Protocol and to address cases of non-compliance

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/76984 (2011-135)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points, International organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders

The first meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP-1), in recommendation 1/3, invited Parties, other Governments, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders to communicate ...

Request for submissions in preparation for the Second Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/77099 (2011-142)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties, other Governments, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders to submit views and information in preparation for the Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nag ...

Request for comments on the draft questionnaires on capacity-building and development for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/77098 (2011-143)
To: CBD Focal Points and ICNP Focal Points

At the first meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol (Intergovernmental Committee), in recommendation 1/2, paragraph 2, Parties called for “the development of a strategic framework for capacity-building and development under the Nagoya Protocol on the ...

Signing Ceremony for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/77259 (2011-151)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that a signing ceremony for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization which opened for signature on 2 February 2011 will take place on 20 September 2011 at the margins of the sixty-s ...

Ministerial Breakfast Briefing on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/77261 (2011-153)
To: CBD National Focal Points; ABS Focal Points

In partnership with Japan as the President of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, I am pleased to inform you that the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in collaboration with the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food ...

Invitation to a Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing, 29-30 October 2011, Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/77503 (2011-170)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points and indigenous and local community organizations, copy to: Mr. Shakeel Bhatti, Secretary of the ITPGRFA

I am pleased to inform you that a Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing will be held on 29-30 October 2011, in Montreal, Canada, back to back with the Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG-8(j)-7).

Further details regarding the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing, 29-30 October 2011, Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/AS/77503 (2011-192)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points and indigenous and local community organizations, cc: Mr. Shakeel Bhatti, Secretary of the ITPGRFA

Reference is made to notification 2011-170 sent on 9 September 2011 regarding the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing to be held from 29-30 October 2011 in Montreal, Canada. Representatives from Parties and indigenous and local communities that have not yet demonstrated thei ...

Preparations for the Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing: Questionnaires on capacity-building and development for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/77814 (2011-193)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders

Reference is made to notification 2011-143, dated 1 August 2011, in which Parties were invited to submit, by 15 September 2011, comments on two draft questionnaires prepared by the Executive Secretary to facilitate the submission of views and information.

Annotated provisional agenda for the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing, 29-30 October 2011 - Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/Sg/77503 (2011-200)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points and indigenous and local community organizations, Copy to: Mr. Shakeel Bhatti, Secretary of the ITPGRFA

I am pleased to circulate herewith the annotated provisional agenda for the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing to be held from 29-30 October 2011 at the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal, Canada. It is also accessible on the workshop ...

Expert Meeting on cooperative procedures and institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the Protocol and to address cases of non-compliance, 28 February to 1 March 2012 - Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/ABS/SG/VN/78056 (2011-205)
To:

In accordance with decision X/1, Annex II, the first meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (Intergovernmental Committee), held in June 2011, ...

Request for submissions in preparation for the Second Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/77099 (2011-206)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties, other Governments, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders to submit views and information in preparation for the Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nag ...

Proposition de corrections du texte original de la version française du Protocole de Nagoya sur l’accès aux ressources génétiques et le partage des avantages

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/76812 (2011-211)
To: points focaux nationaux CDB et points focaux ABS des pays francophones

Il me fait plaisir de faire circuler la notification ci-jointe en date du 1 Novembre 2011 provenant du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies, agissant en sa qualité de dépositaire de la Convention sur la diversité biologique. La notification porte sur une proposition de corrections à apporter au ...

REMINDER: DEADLINE 15 NOVEMBER 2011: Preparations for the Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing: Questionnaires on capacity-building and development for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/77814 (2011-213)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders

Reference is made to notification 2011-143, dated 1 August 2011, in which Parties were invited to submit, by 15 September 2011, comments on two draft questionnaires prepared by the Executive Secretary to facilitate the submission of views and information.

REMINDER: DEADLINE 16 DECEMBER 2011, Expert Meeting on cooperative procedures and institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the Protocol and to address cases of non-compliance 28 February to 1 March 2012 - Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/ABS/SG/VN/78056 (2011-228)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points, International organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders

In accordance with decision X/1, Annex II, the first meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (Intergovernmental Committee), held in June 2011, ...

Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP-2), New Delhi, India, 9-13 April 2012

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/78387 (2011-231)
To: Indigenous and local community organizations

I am pleased to confirm that the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP) will be held in New Delhi, India, on 9-13 April 2012.

Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP-2), New Delhi, India, 9-13 April 2012

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/78387 (2011-232)
To: International organizations and relevant stakeholders

I am pleased to confirm that the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP) will be held in New Delhi, India, on 9-13 April 2012.

Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP-2), New Delhi, India, 9-13 April 2012

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/78387 (2011-233)
To: CBD Focal Points and ICNP Focal Points

I am pleased to confirm that the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP) will be held in New Delhi, India, on 9-13 April 2012.

Composition of Expert Meeting on cooperative procedures and institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the Protocol and to address cases of non-compliance, Montreal, Canada, 28 February -1 March 2012

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/AS /78523 (2012-003)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points, International Organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders

Closing date for signature of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/Sg/78678 (2012-008)
To: CBD Focal Points and ICNP Focal Points

Postponement of the Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP-2), New Delhi, India

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/SG/78881 (2012-022)
To: CBD Focal Points and ICNP Focal Points, International organizations and relevant stakeholders, and indigenous and local communities