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The second Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (ICCP) opens today at the headquarters of the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi, Kenya. The ICCP was established by the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) upon adoption of the Cartagena Protocol, to prepare for the first meeting of the Parties (MOP) to the Protocol. Under the chairmanship of Amb. Philémon Yang (Cameroon), delegates will discuss agenda items on: liability and redress; monitoring and reporting; guidance to the financial mechanism; rules of procedure; the Secretariat; the agenda for the first MOP; and other issues necessary for the Protocol's effective implementation. The meeting will also continue discussions on issues addressed during ICCP-1, including: decision making; information sharing; capacity building; handling, transport, packaging and identification; and compliance. ICCP-2's recommendations will be forwarded for consideration to the Protocol's first MOP, which may be held in conjunction with the CBD's sixth COP scheduled for 8-26 April 2002, in the Hague, the Netherlands.

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ICCP-2 meeting website  with official documents and information for participants (PDF or DOC)
CBD Secretariat web site 
Biosafety Clearing-House
ENB Summary of ICCP-1(HTML, PDF and TXT)
ENB daily website coverage, photos, RealAudio files and daily reports from ICCP-1
IISD analysis of the Cartagena Protocol