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Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/moc/60475 (2007-127)
To: All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated

I am pleased to inform you that the Minutes of the first meeting of the Bureau of COP-MOP3, held in Montreal at the headquarters of the Secretariat, are available at the Convention’s website: <a href='http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/cop-mop-bureau/cop-mop-bur-2007-10-14-en.pdf'>http://www.cbd.in ...

Offline version of the Biosafety Clearing House.

Reference: SCBD/BCH/ET/ABw/55988 (2006-124)
To: BCH National Focal Points Cc: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points (or CBD Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated)

Pursuant to paragraph 15 of decision BS-III/2 on the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH), which was taken by the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP), I am pleased to announce that the Secretariat has produced a new offline ver ...

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

Online Workshop: The financial sector and the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 17 and 18 June 2021

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/ML/OC/GD/89438 (2021-029)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Resource Mobilization National Focal Points, financial sector representatives, businesses, UN agencies, IGOs, NGOs and other relevant international stakeholders

Online discussions of the Open-Ended Online Forum on Risk Assessment under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91172 (2023-079)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, CBD national focal points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points

Online discussions of the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91337 (2023-115)
To: CBD national focal points, relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA national focal points, Cartagena Protocol national focal points, ABS Protocol focal points

Online format for submission of the fourth national report on the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/KG/AB/87939 (2019-055)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB Focal Points have not yet been designated), BCH Focal Points

Online forum of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/AMC/MW/91278 (2023-099)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, CBD national focal points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and relevant organizations, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House national focal points

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 ...

Open-ended online discussions on the post-2020 Implementation Plan for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/KG/PD/PS/88111 (2019-044)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Opening Ceremony of the UN Biodiversity Conference

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/90697 (2022-076)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, CPB Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Outcome of the fifth meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/63197 (2008-047)
To: Biosafety National Focal Points

This is to kindly inform you that the report of the fifth meeting of the Open-Ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (“the Working Group” hereinafter) is now made available as document UNEP/CBD/BS/W ...

Outcomes of the 58th meeting of the GEF Council of relevance to the Convention and its Protocols

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/NP/88994 (2020-052)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs, and indigenous people and local communities, and other stakeholders

Outreach Materials for the Fifth Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/UN/ABw/64757 (2008-108)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that a CD containing a number of outreach materials related to the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which will be marked on 11 September 2008, has been sent to all the National Focal Points and other stakeholders. A CD I ...

Overview of the post-2020 process for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/KG/PD/PS/87928 (2019-027)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Pacific Sub-regional Workshop on Capacity-building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms, Nadi, Fiji, 5-7 July 2010

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/71481 (2010-075)
To: Pacific Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

In paragraph 12 of its decision BS-IV/11, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP) requested the Executive Secretary to convene a workshop on capacity-building and exchange of experiences on risk assessment and risk mana ...

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 ...

Participation in the UNEP-GEF Project “BCH II: Continued enhancement of building capacity for effective participation in the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH)”

Reference: SCBD/BS/GF/ABw/70446 (2010-022)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB-NFPs), cc: National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH-NFPs)

I am pleased to inform you that, in response to Decision BS-IV/2 of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol (COP-MOP), the Global Environment Facility Council, at its meeting held in November 2009, approved the UNEP-GEF ...

Peer review of draft documents for the twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 24)

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/KM/89431 (2021-012)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Peer review of the draft literature review of trends and issues in synthetic biology (2012-2023)

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91494 (2024-003)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA national focal points, Cartagena Protocol national focal points, ABS national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Peer review of the outcomes and methodology of the process of broad and regular horizon scanning, monitoring and assessment of the most recent technological developments in synthetic biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/AMC/MW/91589 (2024-027)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Peer review of the outcomes of the process in response to decision XII/24 on synthetic biology

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/85140 (2015-139)
To: CBD National Focal Points; SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points, relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities

Peer review of the outcomes of the process in response to decision XII/24 on synthetic biology

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/85140 (2016-008)
To: CBD National Focal Points; SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points, relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities

Peer review of the report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/MW/87112 (2018-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Peer review of the study on financial security (Article 10 of the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress)

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/KG/PD/PS/89634 (2021-038)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of Parties to the NKLSP, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of non-Parties to the NKLSP, CBD National Focal Points where no Cartagena Protocol National Focal Point has been nominated

Peer review of the updated CBD Technical Series on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/MW/89581 (2021-031)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points

Pre-Registration for an Online Survey on the Application of and Experience in the Use of Socio-Economic Considerations in Decision-Making on Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SBD/BS/CG/ET/ps/68297 (2009-090)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB NFP), CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been designated) Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points (BCH NFP), Relevant organizations

In line with decisions BS-II/12 and BS-IV/16 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP), the GEF Coordination Division of the United Nations Environment Programme, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention ...

Preparation for the formal meetings of SBSTTA 24 and SBI 3

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89184 (2021-023)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Preparation of an interim budget for 2021

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89067 (2020-077)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Preparation of an interim budget for 2022

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/AR/89836 (2021-062)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Press conferences at the margins of the Meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols, 29 September-16 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/DA/fd/83879 (2014-109)
To: CBD, CPB and ICNP National Focal Points and relevant organizations

Press conferences at the margins of the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, including the High-Level Segment, 2-17 December 2016 - Cancun, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/DAIN/fd/85971 (2016-115)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities

Press conferences at the margins of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference 2018, 17-29 November 2018 - Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Reference: SCBD/MCO/ML/DAIN/JH/87609 (2018-072)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points, UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs, and indigenous people and local communities, and other stakeholders

Press conferences at the margins of 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 eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11) - Hyderabad, India

Reference: SCBD/OMG/DA/an/80687 (2012-121)
To: CBD and CPB Focal points, indigenous and local communities, non-governmental and other relevant organizations

Process towards responding to decision BS-VI/12 on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

Reference: SCBD/BS/GF/da/81009 (2012-140)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

Process towards responding to decision BS-VI/12 on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/jh/81028 (2012-143)
To: Relevant organizations

Proposed new dates: Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89500 (2021-019)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

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 ...

REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Credentials for the Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 7), 29 September-3 October 2014; Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 12), 6-17 October 2014; and First meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing (COP-MOP 1), 13-17 October 2014 – Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/WDY/moc/83791 (2014-100)
To: CBD, CPB and ICNP Focal Points

REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Request for submissions in preparation for the 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/BS/CG/DA/83191 (2014-053)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated), and relevant organizations

REMINDER: Assessment and Review of the Effectiveness of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Article 35): Survey to gather information corresponding to indicators in the Strategic Plan

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/GF/DA/81875 (2013-060)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing House National Focal Points

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

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

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/KG/da/77120 (2013-015)
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 and Relevant Organizations

REMINDER: Nomination of Experts for the Pacific Sub-regional Workshop on Capacity-building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms, Nadi, Fiji, 5-7 July 2010

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/71481 (2010-098)
To: Pacific Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

Further to the notification dated 15 April 2010, this is to remind that the Pacific Sub-regional Workshop on Capacity-building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms will take place in Nadi, Fiji from 5 to 7 July 2010 following the generou ...

REMINDER: Nomination of Experts to the Asian Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 12-16 July 2010

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/jh/71480 (2010-097)
To: Asia Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

Further to the notification dated 15 April 2010, this is to remind that the Asian Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms will take place in Siem Reap, Cambodia from 12 to 16 July 2010 following the offer by the Government of Cambodia to host this training course.

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.

REMINDER: Nomination of experts to the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology (action required by 31 March 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/mw/84355 (2015-032)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous people and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

REMINDER: Nomination of experts to the Workshop on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms, Mexico City, Mexico, 15-19 August 2016

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/85535 (2016-060)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, and relevant organizations

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

REMINDER: Online Forum on Strategic Approaches to Capacity-Building in Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/CG/jh/78936 (2012-108)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB-NFPs), CBD National Focal Points where CPB-NFPs have not yet been designated, BCH National Focal points, Relevant Organizations