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Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ICNP-2)
ICNP 2 plenary met in morning, afternoon and evening sessions to finalize draft recommendations on: the ABS clearing-house; capacity-building; future work; and a global multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism. Delegates also agreed to defer to an ICNP 3 or COP/MOP 1 substantive discussion on a programme budget for the biennium following the Protocol’s entry into force, and rules of procedures and a draft provisional agenda for COP/MOP 1. The contact group on a global multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism met during lunchtime, and the group on compliance met in the afternoon and evening.
Painting at the convention center entitled "Women at Market" by Thombi Singh.
Plenary
David Hafashimana, Uganda
Matilde da Conçeicao Gomes Lopes, Guinea Bissau
Anita James, Saint Lucia
L-R:Lyle Glowka, CBD Secretariat; Kathryn Garforth, CBD Secretariat; Contact Group on the Global Multilateral Benefit-Sharing Mechanism Co-Chairs Gurdial Singh, Malaysia and Andrew Bignell, New Zealand
Manuel Gerochi, the Philippines
Kamar Yousuf, UNEP
Carlos Roberto de Carvalho Fonseca, Brazil
L-R: Co-Chairs Fernando Casas, Colombia, and Janet Lowe, New Zealand, in a discussion with CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Dias; Valerie Normand, CBD Secretariat and Lyle Glowka, CBD Secretariat.
Andrew Bignell, New Zealand, Co-Chair of the
Contact Group on the Global Multilateral Benefit-Sharing Mechanism, reported the outcomes of the contact group.
Kaspar Sollberger, Switzerland, Co-Chair of the Contact Group on Compliance, reported on the progress made by the contact group.
David Hafashimana, Uganda, confers with Co-Chair Janet Lowe, New Zealand, Valerie Normand, CBD Secretariat and Sonia Gautreau, CBD Secretariat.
L-R: Nader Ibrahim and Ailis Rego, CBD Secretariat
Delegates from the EU, Brazil and Peru, working on a compromise text on ABS Clearing-house.
Vassilis Koutsiouris, EU in a conversation with Jorge Cabrera, Costa Rica.
Participants from TWN, South Centre and ECOROPA
Delegates from Brazil and the Philippines consulting.
Delegates from China
L-R: Franca D'Amico, John Scott, and Terry Mazza, CBD Secretariat
Local staff at the meeting.
Contact Group on Compliance
L-R: Co-Chairs of the contact group on compliance Larissa Lima Costa, Brazil, and Kaspar Sollberger, Switzerland
View of the contact group session on compliance.
L-R: Kathryn Garforth, CBD Secretariat; Contact Group Co-Chair Andrew Bignell, New Zealand; Contact Group Co-Chair Gurdial Singh, Malaysia; and Lyle Glowka, CBD Secretariat
View of the contact group session on the global multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism.
L-R: Gan Pei Fern, Malaysia; Kangayatkarasu Nagulendran, Malaysia; Elpidio Peria, the Philippines, and Wendy Yap, Singapore, at the contact group on the global multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism.
L-R: Birthe Ivars, Norway, and Somaly Chan, Cambodia, at the contact group on the global multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism.
Side Event: Overview of National and Regional ABS Legislation in Light of the Nagoya Protocol
Presented by Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) and
Federal Office for the Environment, Switzerland
L-R: Jorge Cabrera, CISDL/Costa Rica; Olivier Rukundo, CBD Secretariat; Marco D'Alessandro, Switzerland; Erick Vargas, Costa Rica; and Prudence Galega, Cameroon
View of the side event presentation on national and regional ABS legislation.
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Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ICNP-2) 
