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Fifth Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the
Protocol on Biosafety

12-19 March 2008 | Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
 
A view of the entrance of Centro de Convenciones “Julio César Turbay Ayala”.
Highlights for Wednesday, 12 March 2008

The fifth meeting of the Open-Ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress (hereafter, the Working Group) opened in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on Wednesday morning.

The Minister of Environment, Housing and Territory Development, Juan Lozano (Colombia), welcomed delegates to the “beautiful and historic” city of Cartagena and said the desire for results would guide the Working Group’s tasks.

Dane Ratcliff, legal counsel for the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), made an expert presentation on settlement of claims and answered questions relating to options for liability and redress under the Biosafety Protocol.

Co-Chair René Lefeber then opened the floor for reflection and comments on the feasibility of adopting various types of instruments. In the ensuing discussion, delegates stated their preferences for various approaches and indicated areas of flexibility.

In the afternoon, the meeting was adjourned to give delegates time for regional coordination and bilateral meetings with the Co-Chairs.
Opening of the meeting
L-R: Juan Lozano, Minister of Housing, Environment and Territory Development (Colombia); Charles Gbedemah (CBD Secretariat); WG Co-Chair Jimena Nieto (Colombia); WG Co-Chair René Lefeber (the Netherlands); Dominique Kayser (CBD Secretariat); and Worku Damena Yifru (CBD Secretariat)
WG Co-Chair Jimena Nieto (Colombia), said the session represented the last chance to deliver on proposed rules and procedures for liability and redress before reporting to COP/MOP 4 in May 2008, in Bonn.
Charles Gbedemah (CBD Secretariat), on behalf of Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, acknowledged progress made during WGLR 4 that resulted in a streamlined and comprehensive working document.
Juan Lozano, Minister of Housing, Environment and Territory Development (Colombia), drew attention to the need to reconcile development and the conservation of biological diversity.
L-R: Charles Gbedemah CBD Secretariat; WG Co-Chair Jimena Nieto (Colombia); Juan Lozano, Minister of Housing, Environment and Territory Development (Colombia); Worku Damena Yifru (CBD Secretariat); and WG Co-Chair René Lefeber (the Netherlands)
Review of information
Dominique Kayser (CBD Secretariat)
Kathryn Garforth (CBD Secretariat)
Dane Ratcliff, legal counsel for the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
Anne Daniel (Canada)
Kathryn Youel Page (US)
Elaboration of options for elements of rules and procedures referred to in Article 27 of the Biosafety Protocol
WG Co-Chair René Lefeber (the Netherlands)
India and Republic of Korea supported a legally binding regime.
Dorothy K. Mulenga (Zambia)
Nobuyuki Kikuchi (Japan)
Arnoldo K. Ventura (Public Research and Regulation Initiative)
Aldo Claure Banegas (Bolivia)
Desmond Mahon (Canada)
Papa Méïsa Dieng (Senegal)
Beate Berglund Ekeberg (Norway)
Nicola Notaro (EC)
Around the conference
ENB team meeting with WG co-chairs.
Delegates preparing their headphones for the meeting.
A Juan Valdez stand offered quality Colombian coffee to delegates througout the morning.
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Related Links
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) resources
Meeting documents
Provisional agenda
Annotated Provisional Agenda
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety web page
Global Biodiversity Outlook
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