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Third Meeting
of the Conference of the Parties serving as Meeting of the
Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
13-17
March 2006| Curitiba, Brazil
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Highlights
for Wednesday, 15 March 2006
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Delegates
to the third meeting of the parties to the Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety (COP/MOP-3) met on Wednesday in the morning in Working Group
I (WG-I) and during the day in Working Group II (WG-II). A contact
group on budget met throughout the day and a contact group on detailed
requirements for documentation and identification of living modified
organisms for food, feed or processing (Article 18.2(a)) met in the
afternoon and evening. Working Group I (WG-I) considered draft
decisions on: subsidiary bodies; scientific and technical issues;
handling, transport, packaging and identification (HTPI); biosafety
clearing house (BCH); and risk assessment and risk management. Working
Group II (WG-II) considered draft decisions on assessment and review
of implementation, compliance, financial mechanism, capacity building,
roster of experts, monitoring and reporting.
Above photo: Delegates from Africa discussing text on
Compliance.
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WORKING GROUP I
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SUBSIDIARY
BODIES:
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OTHER
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ISSUES:
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CANADA
, called for clarifying the Protocol's provisions relating
specifically to the transit of LMOs.
Above
photo L-R: Stephen Yarrow and Barry Stemshorn
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PARAGUAY
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BRAZIL
stressed the need for a clear definition of transit under the
Protocol.
Above
photo: Maria Cristina Torres (Paraguay)
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ARGENTINA
said transit should not trigger additional documentation requirements for the
transit State.
Above photo: Alejandra Sarquis (Argentina) |
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RISK
ASSESSMENT AND RISK MANAGEMENT:
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COLOMBIA
suggested recalling that Article 26 (Socioeconomic
considerations) plays a role in decision making.
Above
photo: Eugenia Méndez (Colombia)
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SOUTH AFRICA
said that additional guidance may be needed on long-term
monitoring of LMOs.
Above
photo: Alf Wills (South Africa) |
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Above
photo L-R: The WG-I dais with Worku Damena (CBD), WG-I Chair Birthe
Ivars, Kirsty Galloway (CBD) and Ryan Hill (CBD).
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WORKING GROUP II
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ASSESSMENT
AND REVIEW:
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Chair
Rey Santos introduced a draft decision on Assessment and
Review. Most parties supported the proposal.
Above photo L-R:
Chair
Rey Santos confers with Erie Tamale and Yibin
Xiang (CBD)
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JAPAN
said the process should be as simple as possible
at this stage, and the EU proposed also consulting other stakeholders,
including the private sector.
Above photo: Kazuo Watanabe (Japan) |
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EU said the process for evaluation should be simple, but its extent should be
comprehensive.
Above photo: Thomas Loidl (Austria on behalf of the EU)
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COMPLIANCE: |
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CANADA
noted that
rules on conflicts of interest should prevent
members from voting in matters concerning their
own country.
Above photo: Anne Daniel (Canada) |
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BRAZIL
highlighted that the compliance mechanism should
be facilitative and cooperative.
Above photo: Hadil da Rocha Vianna (Brazil) |
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CHINA
proposed differentiated consequences for
non-compliance, noting that in developing countries
non-compliance may result from the lack of capacity.
Above
photo: Xue Dayuan (China) |
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FINANCIAL
MECHANISM:
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CONTACT
GROUP ON ARTICLE 18.2 (A)
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Delegates
resumed work on the basis of the Brazilian proposal.
Above photos L-R:
Contact group chairs Fran�ois Pythoud (Switzerland) and Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado
(Brazil); packed contact group session; the contact group dais
with Worku Damena (CBD), Ryan Hill (CBD) and Chairs Pythoud
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