Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity / United Nations Environment Programme
Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety are preparing to hold their fifth ordinary meeting from 11 to 15 October 2010 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, at the Nagoya Congress Center (NCC). More than 3,000 delegates representing governments, civil society and industry are expected to attend.
At their five-day meeting, Parties are expected to adopt a Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol, which will establish international rules and procedures for liability and redress in case of damage to biological diversity resulting from living modified organisms. It is also expected to adopt a 10-year strategic plan for the Protocol and a programme of work for the future meetings of the Parties to the Protocol.
A number of other important issues under the Protocol will also be discussed. These include: risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms, public awareness and participation, capacity-building, the Biosafety Clearing-House, as well as handling, transport, packaging and identification of living modified organisms.
Cartagena Protocol
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Its objective is to contribute to ensuring the safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms that may have adverse effects on conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health.
The Protocol was adopted in Montreal on 29 January 2000 and entered into force on 11 September 2003. To date, 159 States and the European Union have ratified it.
The Protocol is named after the Colombian city of Cartagena where the final round of its negotiations was launched.
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