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Release of the Fifth Issue of the Biosafety Protocol News

Reference: SCBD/BS/UN/66076 (2009-006)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points, Relevant Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the fifth issue of the newsletter on Biosafety entitled Biosafety Protocol News has been posted on the CBD website at the following address: http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-03-05-en.pdf.

Release of the Fourth Issue of the Biosafety Protocol News - Fifth Anniversary Edition

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/UN/jh/64817 (2008-112)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the fourth issue of the newsletter on Biosafety entitled Biosafety Protocol News issued for the Fifth Anniversary of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety has been posted on the CBD website at the following addresses: http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-03-04 ...

Release of the Second Issue of the Biosafety Protocol News.

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ABw/59008 (2007-078)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

I am pleased to inform you that the second issue of the newsletter on Biosafety, entitled Biosafety Protocol News, has been posted on the CBD website at the following address: <a href='/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-issue02.pdf'>http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-issue02.pdf</a>

Release of the Sixth Issue of the Biosafety Protocol News

Reference: SCBD/BS/UN/jh/68117 (2009-083)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points, Relevant Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the sixth issue of the newsletter on Biosafety entitled Biosafety Protocol News has been posted on the CBD website at the following address: http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-06.pdf.

Release of the Third Issue of the Biosafety Protocol News

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/UN/jh/61891 (2008-007)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated) Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the third issue of the newsletter on Biosafety entitled Biosafety Protocol News has been posted on the CBD website at the following address: <a href='http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-02-03-en.pdf'>http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-02-03-en.pdf</a>.

Reminder - Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/LG/cr/62508 (2008-060)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

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 after the opening of the meeting. Parties are further rem ...

Reminder - Submission of First Regular National Reports.

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ABw/58011 (2007-096)
To: National Focal Points of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference is made to my earlier Notification dated 16 April 2007 (Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ABw/58011), concerning the Submission of First Regular National Reports, as called for under Article 33 (Monitoring and Reporting) of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, as well as relevant decisions of the ...

Reminder - Submission of information requested in decision on Unintentional transboundary movements and emergency measures (Article 17)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84222 (2015-088)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

Reminder Notification: Fair on Experiences with the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety at the Fourth Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol - Extension of Deadline for Applications to Participate

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/UN/jh/62396 (2008-038)
To: All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

I have the honour to inform you that the Secretariat has extended the deadline receiving expressions of interest to participate in the fair to 14 April 2008.

Reminder Notification: Submission of information requested in decision BS-VII/12 on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

Reference: SCBD/BS/MPM/DA/85215 (2016-058)
To: Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reminder and Extension of Deadline - Nomination of experts for the Online Discussion on Biosafety Commitments from Non-State Actors for the Action Agenda for Nature and People

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/UN/89800 (2021-067)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where Cartagena Protocol Focal Points have not yet been designated), BCH Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities

Reminder and Extension of Deadline: Call for expression of interest to participate in the pilot project on “Capacity-building to promote integrated implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the Convention on Biological Diversity at the national level”

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/mw/85125 (2015-133)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points

Reminder and Extension of Deadline: Call for expression of interest to participate in the project on "Integrated implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress, and the Convention on Biological Diversity”

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/KG/PD/PS/86494 (2017-051)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

Reminder and Extension of Deadline: Invitation to Participate in the Survey to Collect Information on the Evaluation of the Programme of Work on Public Awareness, Education and Participation Concerning Living Modified Organisms under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/MPM/UN/85642 (2016-096)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points and Relevant Organizations

Reminder and Extension of Deadline: Submission of the Third Regular National Report on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (30 November 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ABw/84181 (2015-125)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, cc: National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House

Reminder on Credentials: Resumed Meetings, 19-20 October 2023 - Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/WY/GT/91193 (2023-105)
To: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, cc: SBSTTA focal points

Reminder: Credentials for Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 14), Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 9), and Third 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 (COP-MOP 3), 17-29 November 2018 – Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/WDY/87388 (2018-074)
To: National Focal Points of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

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.

Reminder: Deadline for Submission of the Third Regular National Report on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (31 October 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ABw/84181 (2015-089)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; cc: National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House

Reminder: Deadline for Submission of the Third Regular National Report on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (31 October 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ABw/84181 (2015-107)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, cc: National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House

Reminder: Detection and identification of living modified organisms: submission of information and nomination of experts

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MM/MA/DA/87054 (2018-031)
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

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 ...

Reminder: Hotel Accommodation for MOP-5 and COP-10

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/AD/NI/71512 (2010-132)
To: all Focal Points and organizations

As you are aware, the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties (COP-MOP 5) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity to be held from 11 – 15 October ...

Reminder: Invitation for views on the preparation, scope and content of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/RH/KNM/87538 (2018-102)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CPB Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations.

Reminder: Logistical information and Side-Events/Exhibition Registration for the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/IS/90500 (2022-058)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Reminder: Nomination of Experts to the Anglophone Africa Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms, Pretoria, South Africa, 8-12 April 2019

Reference: SCBD/CPU/KG/MA/MW/87888 (2019-022)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of the Anglophone Africa region, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and relevant organizations, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Anglophone Africa region

Reminder: Nomination of Experts to the Central and Eastern European workshop on the detection and identification of living modified organisms, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 7-11 March 2016

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/85254 (2016-001)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), of: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, Relevant Organizations

Reminder: Nomination of Experts to the Workshop of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms, Ispra, Italy, 9-11 June 2015

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84400 (2015-041)
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 participants to the workshop on developing capacity for national border controls of living modified organisms in Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, 17-19 October 2016

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/MPM/PD/mw/85817 (2016-100)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and relevant organizations.

Reminder: Nominations for the Africa Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 9-12 February 2016

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/mw/85233 (2015-149)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points for: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, cc: CBD National Focal Points

Reminder: Submission of First Regular National Reports; Submission of Information on Experience Gained in Using the Preliminary Set of Indicators for Monitoring Implementation of the Capacity-Building Action Plan; and Submission of Views and/or Information in Preparation for the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Biosafety Protocol (COP-MOP)

Reference: SCBD/BCH/CG/ABw/60746 (2007-145)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points (or CBD Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated)

Reminder of Submission of First Regular National Reports; Submission of Information on Experience Gained in Using the Preliminary Set of Indicators for Monitoring Implementation of the Capacity-Building Action Plan; and submission of Views and/or Information in Preparation for the fourth meeting ...

Reminder: Submission of Views on Possible Elements of the Programme of Work on Public Awareness, Education and Participation under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/UN//jh/69589 (2009-154)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points , CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) National Focal Points Relevant Organizations

Please refer to my earlier notification of 26 May 2009 (ref.:SCBD/BS/UN/jh/67565, available at http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2009/ntf-2009-055-bs-en.pdf) regarding the submission of views on possible elements of a programme of work on public awareness, education and participation concerni ...

Reminder: Submission of Views on a Strategic Plan for the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/jh/65184 (2009-013)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points

I have the honour to inform you that the Secretariat has extended the deadline for receiving the submission of views to Tuesday, 31 March 2009.

Reminder: Submission of information on synthetic biology and nomination of experts to participate in the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/MA/MW/87791 (2019-018)
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

Reminder: Submission of information requested in decision BS-VI/3 on Capacity Building (Article 22)

Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/MPM/MW/87278 (2018-051)
To: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, BCH Focal Points, relevant partner organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities organizations

Reminder: Submission of views and/or information to facilitate decision making by the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/WDY/jh/70384 (2010-015)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

With reference to earlier notifications seeking submissions as invited by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP), I would like to draw your attention to the following items that the Secretariat is yet to receive adequate number of submissions.

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 ...

Report of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP MOP/4)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/64305 (2008-074)
To: Biosafety National Focal Points

This is to kindly inform you that the report of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP MOP/4) is now made available as document UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/4/18.

Report of the second International Meeting of Academic Institutions and Organizations Involved in Biosafety Education and Training, 16-18 April 2007; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/jh/59340 (2007-092)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been nominated) Relevant international organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the report of the second International Meeting of Academic Institutions and Organizations Involved in Biosafety Education and Training, which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 16 to 18 April 2007, is now available. The document (UNEP/CBD/BS/CM-ET/2/4) may ...

Report of the third 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, and request for submission of further views.

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/57796 (2007-035)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been nominated) Relevant international organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the report of the third 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, which was held in Montreal from 19 to 23 February 2007, is now available. The doc ...

Report on SCBD Activities for 2008

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/65926 (2008-169)
To: All National Focal Points to the Convention on Biological Diversity All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the report on activities of the Secretariat on the implementation of the work programme of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, covering the period from January to December 2008, is now available at the follow ...

Report on the Activities of the SCBD in 2006.

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/56748 (2006-123)
To: CBD and CPB National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the report on the activities of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity for year 2006 is available on the CBD website at: <a href='http://www.biodiv.org/secretariat/activities.shtml'>http://www.biodiv.org/secretariat/activities.shtml</a>. This re ...

Request for Submission of Views and Suggestions on the Criteria and Minimum Requirements for Experts to be Nominated to the Roster of Biosafety Experts as well as Views on a Possible Quality Control Mechanism for the Roster

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/jh/54978 (2006-054)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) Relevant Organizations

I would like to invite you to submit your views and suggestions as requested in decision BS-III/4 to the Secretariat as soon as possible, but no later than 1 November 2006, in order to enable us to prepare a synthesis report to assist the Liaison Group on Capacity-Building for Biosafety in its d ...

Request for Submissions of Further Views in the form of Operational Texts with respect to Approaches, Options and Issues Identified as Regards Matter Covered by Article 27 on Liability and Redress

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/54737 (2006-033)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) Relevant international organizations and stakeholders

The Secretariat is preparing to organize the third meeting of the Working Group early next year. In view of that, I would like to invite you to submit your views on the elements contained in annex II of the report of the second meeting of the Working Group, in particular on sections IV to XI of ...

Request for additional nomination of experts to participate in the multidisciplinary Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/90935 (2023-053)
To: CBD national focal points, cc: SBSTTA national focal points, Cartagena Protocol national focal points

Request for information to be registered with the Central Portal of the Biosafety Clearing-House and submissions regarding constraints on making information available

Reference: SCBD/BS/KGM/jh/55000 (2006-053)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) BCH National Focal Points

I would like to draw your attention to those parts of decision BS-III/2 in which Parties and other Governments are invited to provide information through the BCH and to invite you to contact the Secretariat if you require any assistance in this regard. I would like to invite you to submit your v ...

Request for information to be registered with the Central Portal of the Biosafety Clearing-House and submissions regarding constraints on making information available

Reference: SCBD/BS/KGM/jh/55075 (2006-062)
To: Relevant organizations

Decision BS-III/2 on Operation and activities of the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH), in which organizations are invited to provide information through the BCH and to invite them to contact the Secretariat if they require any assistance in this regard, as well as drawing the attention of organiza ...

Request for nominations for the establishment of an Informal Advisory Group on Mainstreaming of Biodiversity

Reference: SCBD/SSSFD/ML/OH/VA/87855 (2019-006)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points, relevant stakeholders, organizations and initiatives

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/ABw/83191 (2014-020)
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

Request for submissions of views and comments on the “Elements of a Framework for Conceptual Clarity on Socio-Economic Considerations” contained in the annex to the report of the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on socio-economic considerations

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ps/84239 (2015-029)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB Focal Points have not yet been designated), Relevant organizations, Indigenous and local communities