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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 Wednesday, 25 February 2009

Delegates to the first meeting of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress met throughout the day and in the evening to continue deliberations on proposed operational texts on: the primary compensation scheme, including exemptions and mitigation, limitation and coverage; and a provision on civil liability, including elements for consideration in civil liability systems, enforcement of foreign judgments, and review with a view to elaborate a more comprehensive binding regime on civil liability.

Delegates standing in front of a screen displaying draft operational text for the supplementary protocol on liability and redress.

Fernando Coimbra, Brazil

Luther Rangreji, India

Birthe Ivars, Norway

Delegates during the morning session.

Julian Kinderlerer and Maria Mbengashe, South Africa

Tewolde Egziabher, Ethiopia

Nobuyuki Kikuchi, Japan

Gurdial Singh Nijar, Malaysia

Reynaldo Ariel Alvarez Morales, Executive Secretary, CIBIOGEM

European Community delegates

Chinese delegates

Elmo Thomas, Namibia

Consultations among GRULAC members.

Hugo Schally, European Community

Pedro Cabral de Andrade, Brazil

Manoela de Miranda, CBD Secretariat

Co-Chair René Lefeber (the Netherlands) and Co-Chair Jimena Nieto (Colombia)


	Around the conference

Pedro Cabral de Andrade, Brazil, Fernando Coimbra, Brazil and Julian Kinderlerer, South Africa

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, UNEP, and Maria Mbengashe, South Africa


	Around the conference

Danzón lessons on the Alameda Park.

"El Pájaro de las dos caras" sculpture, at the entrance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Fountain at "La Alameda" Park with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the background.

A classic green beettle taxi on streets of Mexico City.


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