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Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing of the Convention on Biological Diversity (ABS 6)
21 - 25 January 2008 | Geneva, Switzerland
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ABS6 Highlights: Tuesday, 22 January 2008 On Tuesday morning, the Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) met in plenary to continue consideration of the scope of the international regime on ABS and address its nature. A non-paper regarding a structure for the international regime, including text on its objective, was tabled during the lunch break. Following a lengthy discussion on process and a break to allow for regional consultations, a contact group on the objective met in the afternoon and in the evening. A non-paper containing possible elements of a draft decision to be considered by the ninth Conference of the Parties (COP 9) was tabled in the afternoon. |
Plenary Session
Left to right: Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary; ABS Working Group Co-Chairs Fernando Casas, Colombia, and Timothy Hodges, Canada. |
Afternoon Plenary Session
After a discussion on how best to proceed, plenary decided to establish a contact group on the objective of the international regime. |
Jimena Nieto, Colombia. |
David Hafashimana, Uganda, speaking for the African Group. |
Fernando Pérez, Chile. |
An informal consultation of the Like-minded Megadiverse Countries and the African Group. |
Contact Group on the objective
The contact group was co-chaired by René Lefeber, the Netherlands, (center left) and Pierre du Plessis, Namibia (center right). |
Around the venue
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