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Fourth Meeting
of the Conference of the Parties serving as Meeting of the
Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
12-16
May 2008| Bonn,
Germany
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Highlights
for Friday, 16 May 2008
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COP/MOP
4 mandates process towards adopting a legally binding regime
on liability and redress.
The closing
plenary convened at 3:00 pm, with the working group (WG) and
contact group (CG) Chairs reporting on the outcomes of their
decisions, respectively. Delegates resolved outstanding
bracketed text in
decisions on standards and identification regarding handling,
transport, packaging and identification (HTPI) of living
modified organisms (LMOs), and on socioeconomic
considerations; and adopted most decisions by the WG
and CG Chairs, including a decision on liability and redress. Plenary
was adjourned at 4:30 pm to allow for informal consultations
to resolve outstanding issues in decisions on: subsidiary
bodies, public awareness, education and participation, and
assessment and review. Plenary reconvened at 7:00 pm to adopt
outstanding decisions of WG II and the budget.
Above photo: President Wolfgang Koehler
gaveled the meeting to a close at 8:23 pm. |
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CLOSING PLENARY:
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WG
I Chair Beata Ekeberg (Norway) reported on the
decisions of the working group. |
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WG
II Chair Reynaldo Alvarez Morales (Mexico) reported
on the decisions of the working group. |
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| Co-Chair Jimena
Nieto (Colombia) reported on the decision of the
Contact Group on Liability and Redress. |
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| Budget group Chair Sem Shikongo (Namibia)
reported on the work of the budget group. He said that
the decision to draw on the Protocol’s reserve
allowed adopting a budget without increasing
countries’ assessed contributions. |
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MALAYSIA offered to host one of the meetings of the Friends of the Chair Group on Liability and Redress.
Above photo: Datuk Fatimah Raya Nasron (Malaysia)
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MEXICO
also offered to host one of the
meetings of the Friends of the Chair
Group on Liability and Redress.
Above photo: Sandra Herrera (Mexico) |
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JAPAN
offered financial support for the meetings
of the Friends of the Chair Group on
Liability and Redress.
Above photo: Nobuyuki Kikuchi
(Japan) |
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The decisions, as amended, were all adopted and the report of the meeting was adopted with corrections.
COP/MOP
4 rapporteur Deon Alexander Stewart (Bahamas)
reported on the proceedings.
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Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf congratulated the parties, noting that all items on the agenda were addressed, and paid tribute to the
Chairs and Co-Chairs of working groups and contact groups. He thanked the government of Germany, the interpreters and local staff for their support of the conference.
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JAPAN also congratulated parties for the success of the conference, applauded Germany for hosting
the meeting, and announced its offer to host the next COP-MOP in Nagoya.
Above photo: Yasuriro Hamura (Japan)
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GREENPEACE
INTERNATIONAL thanked the Co-Chairs for their work on liability and address, and encouraged parties to follow the example of the
like-minded group for its support of a binding instrument.
Above photo: Duncan Currie (Greenpeace
International) |
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| CONTACT
GROUP
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LIABILITY AND REDRESS:
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Contact
Group on Liability and Redress ended their
deliberations and formed the a Friends of
the Chair Group on Liability and Redress. |
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| Co-Chairs
Rene Lefeber (Netherlands) and Jimena
Nieto (Colombia) waved goodbye for a
successful conclusion to the Contact Group
on Liability and Redress. |
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| Gurdial Singh
(Malaysia), thanked the Co-Chairs for their work and
signify to the group on Malaysia's intention to host
one of the meeting of the Friends
of the Chair Group on Liability and Redress. |
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| Elmo Thomas
(Namibia) and Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher
(Ethiopia) |
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COP/MOP
4 SNAPSHOTS:
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| Co-Chair Lefeber
is congratulated by his wife after the
conclusion of the Contact Group on Liability
and Redress. |
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| Nenenteiti Teariki-Ruata (Kiribati) |
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| Lim Li
Ching and Lim Li Lin (Third World
Network) communicating with virtual
delegate Alisha via web cam. |
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| Damiano
Luchetti (Italy) communicating with
virtual delegates back in Rome, Italy. |
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| Henrietta
Marie (The Christensen Fund) and
Kirsty Galloway Mclean (UNU/IAS) |
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| Damaso
Luna (Mexico) with other
delegates from Mexico. |
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| Dubravka
Stepic (Croatia) |
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Related Links
CBD
Secretariat
Cartagena
Protocol on Biosafety Web page
CBD
COP/MOP4 official website
COP/MOP4
Meeting Documents
Summary
of major issues
International
Day for Biological Diversity
Global
Biodiversity Outlook
Millennium
Ecosystem Assessment
Countdown
2010 initiative
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