Highlights from Monday, 8 February

The second meeting of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety opened on Monday in the Putrajaya International Convention Center, Malaysia. Delegates met throughout the day and in the evening to continue negotiations on a supplementary protocol on liability and redress, including title, preamble, objective, definitions, scope, limitations and the primary compensation scheme.

This meeting is the last opportunity to conclude the negotiation of a supplementary protocol before the fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, serving as, Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP/MOP5) to be held 11-15 October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan. Parties are expected to address a number of outstanding issues with regard to an administrative approach to liability and redress, including definitions, procedures and nature and competencies of the national competent authority; as well as guidelines for developing legislation on civil liability.

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) resources
Meeting webpage
Provisional agenda
Annotated provisional agenda
Draft supplementary protocol text
Global Biodiversity Outlook
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety website

IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of the First Meeting of the Group of Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 23-27 February 2009, Mexico City, Mexico
IISD RS coverage of the Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 4), 12-16 May 2008 in Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of the Fifth Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 12-19 March 2008, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
IISD RS coverage of the Fourth Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 22-26 October 2007, Montréal, Canada
IISD RS coverage of the Third Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 19-23 February 2007, Montréal, Canada
IISD RS coverage of COP/MOP 3, 13-17 March 2006, Curitiba, Brazil
IISD RS coverage of the Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 20-24 February 2006, Montréal, Canada
IISD RS coverage of the First 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, 25-27 May 2005, Montréal, Canada
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
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