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Sunday
23 January:
The Resumed Session on the First Extraordinary Meeting
of the COP to Finalize and Adopt a Protocol on Biosafety opened in
Montréal on Monday, 24 January.
On Saturday, 22 January a coalition of NGOs sponsored a
demonstration in front of the Conference site:
| Protest organizer speaks to the frigid
crowd |
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The frigid crowd |
| Police were over-prepared for
a "Nouveau Seattle", but then again it wasn't 45 below at the WTO Ministerial |
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For those
interested in the Informal
Consultations, here is the:
DRAFT
CHAIRMAN'S PROPOSAL FOR ADDRESSING THE ESSENTIAL CORE ISSUES OF THE SCOPE
OF THE PROTOCOL (ARTICLE 4), APPLICATION OF THE ADVANCE INFORMED AGREEMENT
PROCEDURE (ARTICLE 5) WITH REGARD TO LIVING MODIFIED ORGANISMS INTENDED
FOR DIRECT USE AS FOOD OR FEED OR FOR PROCESSING («COMMODITIES») AND
RELATIONSHIP OF THE PROTOCOL WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS (ARTICLE
31).
Here
is our briefing note on the informal consultations in Vienna (September
1999)
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