Notification 2010-085

CHANGE OF DATES: Resumed Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 9), Montreal, Canada, 10-16 July 2010

Dear Madam/Sir, I am writing further to notification 2010-082 of 21 April 2010 concerning the resumed ninth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 9). Please note that, due to unexpected circumstances, the dates of the meeting have been changed to 10-16 July 2010. The meeting venue remains the International Civil Aviation Organization, in Montreal, Canada. The provisional agenda of the meeting with the new dates is attached for your information and is available on the CBD website at: http://www.cbd.int/meetings/. The informal consultations prior to WG ABS 9 will be held on 8 and 9 July at ICAO. Please accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration. PROVISIONAL AGENDA 1. Opening of the meeting. 2. Organizational matters. 3. Finalization of the international regime on access and benefit-sharing. 4. Other matters. 5. Adoption of the report. 6. Closure of the meeting.

Executive Secretary

To: CBD and ABS Focal Points

2010-04-23

Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing