Notification 2022-065

Dear Madam/Sir, I am pleased to inform Parties and stakeholders that the documents for the Fifth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework are now available at https://www.cbd.int/meetings/WG2020-05. This includes the outcomes of the meeting of the Informal Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, held in Montreal, Canada, from 26 to 30 September 2022. The meeting report is currently available in English and will be made available in the official languages of the United Nations in the coming days. The full report is available at https://www.cbd.int/meetings/POST2020-OM-2022-01. The background information used for this meeting will also be made available as information documents in the coming days. The summary of the meeting report will be presented to Parties and stakeholders by the Co-Chairs of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework through a series of webinars. Further information on the dates and modalities for these webinars will be made available in due course. The documents resulting from the work of the Co-Chairs informal advisory group on digital sequence information on genetic resources are also available at the same webpage (https://www.cbd.int/meetings/WG2020-05). Please accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Executive Secretary

To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations