IISD RS @ CBD COP-MOP 6, 1-5 October, 2012, Hyderabad, India

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Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
(COP/MOP 6)

1-5 October 2012 | Hyderabad, India

Highlights for Monday, 1 October 2012

DAILY WEB COVERAGE

The sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol (COP/MOP 6) opened in Hyderabad, India on Monday 1 October. In the morning plenary delegates heard opening statements and reports on the Compliance Committee, financial mechanism and resources, cooperation with other organizations, conventions and organizations and administration and budgetary matters. In the afternoon, delegates convened in two working groups (WGs).

WG I addressed: compliance; handling, transport, packaging and identification (HTPI) of living modified organisms (LMOs); notification requirements; and liability and redress. WG II addressed the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH), capacity building and risk assessment and risk management.

L-R: H.E. Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister of Environment and Forests, India,
and H.E. E. S. L. Narasimhan, Governor of Andra Pradesh, India

Ceremonial Indian lamp lighting ceremony

View of the opening plenary of COP/MOP 6

L-R: Masamichi Saigo, Representative of COP/MOP 5 President, Japan; H.E. Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister of Environment and Forests, India; H.E. E. S. L. Narasimhan, Governor of Andra Pradesh, India; and Minnie Mathew, Chief Secretary, Government of Andra Pradesh, India

H.E. Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister of Environment and Forests, India

Masamichi Saigo, Japan and Representative of COP/MOP 5 President

Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary

Bakary Kante, UNEP

Charles Gbedemah, Secretary of the Meeting

T. Chatterjee, Secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, India

H.E. E. S. L. Narasimhan, Governor of Andra Pradesh

L-R: Masamichi Saigo, Representative of COP/MOP 5 President, Japan, hands over the COP/MOP Presidency to H.E. Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister of Environment and Forests, India

L-R: Worku Damena Yifru, CBD Secretariat; M. F. Farooqui, India; Charles Gbedemah, Secretary of the Meeting; Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary; and Erie Tamale, CBD Secretariat

Jürg Bally, Switzerland, Chair of the Compliance Committee

Mariéme Fall de Pérez Rubín, World Trade Organization

Edward Kaska, US

Working Group I

L-R: Kathryn Garforth, CBD Secretariat; WG I Chair Ines Verleye, Belgium; and Worku Damena Yifru, CBD Secretariat

Jimena Nieto Carrasco, Colombia

Carolyn Hini, New Zealand

Rufus Ebegba, Nigeria

Working Group II

L-R: Erie Tamale, CBD Secretariat; WG II Chair Spencer Thomas, Grenada; and Giovanni Ferraiolo, CBD Secretariat

Wang Jie, China

Crisanta Rodas, Paraguay

Ranjini Warrier, India

Tapestry on biodiversity

Teresa Mazza, CBD Secretariat, in a conversation with delegates.

Nenenteiti Teariki-Ruata, Kiribati with Somaly Chan Cambodia

L-R: Sally Atoui, MKI Travel, celebrating her birthday with Marcelle Lefebvre, CBD Secretariat; Fawzat Salloum, United Nations; and Franca D'Amico, CBD Secretariat