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First Meeting of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress under the Cartagena
Protocol on Biosafety
23-27 February 2009 | Mexico City, Mexico
Highlights for Monday, 23 February 2009
The First Meeting of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety opened Monday 23 February, 2009 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico City, Mexico. The meeting will continue to further negotiate international rules and procedures on liability and redress for damage resulting from transboundary movements of living modified organisms (LMOs) in the context of the Protocol, based on the proposed operational texts on liability and redress, annexed to decision BS-IV/12 (Liability and Redress) adopted at the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP4).
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Delegates addressed organizational matters, discussed the nature of the international regime on liability and redress, and considered operational text for a legally binding administrative approach, including scope, limitations and the definition of damage.
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Related Links
CBD Secretariat
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety website
Meeting documents
Provisional Agenda
Annotated Provisional Agenda
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of the Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the CBD serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 4), 12-16 May 2008, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of COP-MOP 3, 13-17 March 2006, Curitiba, Brazil
IISD RS coverage of COP-MOP 2, 30 May - 3 June 2005, Montréal, Canada
IISD RS coverage of COP-MOP 1, 23-27 February 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
IISD RS coverage of the fifth meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (WGLR 5), 12-19 March 2008, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
IISD RS coverage of WGLR 4, 22-26 October 2007, Montréal, Canada
IISD RS coverage of WGLR 3, 19-23 February 2007, Montréal, Canada
IISD RS coverage of WGLR 2, 20-24 February 2006, Montréal, Canada
IISD RS coverage of WGLR 1, 25-27 May 2005, Montréal, Canada
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