Statement

Statement by the Representative of UNEP on Behalf of ohe Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Environment of WTO

On behalf of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, I wish to thank you for the invitation to attend this meeting. I was requested by the Executive Secretary to the Convention to convey his regrets for not being able to send a representative of the Secretariat. On behalf of the Executive Secretary of the Convention, I am pleased to deliver the following statement, which shall brief you on recent developments with regard to the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety that are of relevance to the work of this Committee.

Publication Date
2006-07-13