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Fourth Meeting
of the Conference of the Parties serving as Meeting of the
Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
12-16
May 2008| Bonn,
Germany
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Highlights
for Thursday, 15 May 2008
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COP/MOP 4 delegates convened in plenary in the morning to review progress, and working groups (WG) and contact group sessions met throughout the day. WG I considered draft decisions on socioeconomic impacts and handling, transport, packaging and identification (HTPI) of living modified organisms (LMOs); and adopted draft decisions on a number of other items. WG II considered a draft decision on risk assessment and risk management morning and evening sessions, with discussions on other items continuing into the night. The contact groups on liability and redress and the budget met throughout the day and in the evening.
Above photo L-R: Lyle Glowka (CBD), Ahmed Djoghlaf,
CBD Executive Secretary and President Wolfgang Koehler
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WORKING GROUP I:
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PLENARY
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A
brief plenary convened in the morning to review
progress.
Above
photo:
Bird's
eye view of the COP/MOP 4 plenary. |
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Budget
committee Chair Sem Shikongo (Namibia)
introduced the revised preliminary cost implications
of draft decisions being considered by the WGs. |
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| Liability and Redress contact group
Co-Chair René Lefeber reported that the group is considering a “compromise in the making” but that issues still remain on the choice of instrument and placement of a civil liability provision. |
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JAPAN reaffirmed its commitment to the Protocol and expressed optimism about finding common ground in the bilateral negotiations on liability and redress.
Above photo: Nobuyuki Kikuchi (Japan) |
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GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL argued that the industry compact, proposed by six major agricultural biotechnology companies, is “worse than useless” owing, among other reasons, to its exclusions on damage, underscoring that the compact is not a viable alternative to a strong, legally binding regime with a backup fund, and urging countries to continue working on that basis.
Above photo: Duncan Currie (Greenpeace International)
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The
WASHINGTON BIOTECHNOLOGY ACTION COUNCIL,
speaking for an NGO coalition, called on
delegates not to allow the biotechnology
industry to privatize public international
law.
Above photo: Philip L. Bereano
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The
PUBLIC RESEARCH AND REGULATION INITIATIVE (PRRI)
called on delegates to support public
research in biotechnology as one means to
address the current food and development
crises.
Above photo: Idah Sithole Niang (PRRI) |
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WORKING GROUP I
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| SOCIOECONOMIC
CONSIDERATIONS:
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recognizing divergent views and information
regarding socioeconomic impacts, CHINA
suggested specifying that information is
insufficient and not credible, but withdrew the
request upon clarification by the Secretariat on the
process for information submission.
Above photo: Cong Wu (China)
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BRAZIL
requested deleting reference methods for research
results in decision making.
Above photo L-R: Adriana Tescari and Pedro
Andrade (Brazil)
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| HTPI
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| SAMPLING
AND DETECTION:
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Delegates
considered a revised draft decision on sampling and
detection. On a preambular paragraph noting the
importance of reference materials,
EGYPT
called for reference to LMOs intended for future
placement on the market, and delegates agreed to
compromise text referencing “LMOs that are placed
on the market.”
Above photo: Ossama El-Tayeb
(Egypt) |
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EU suggested text encouraging parties to exchange
information on national approaches concerning low
level presence of LMOs in imports through the BCH.
Above photo: Matthias Buck (EU) |
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| WORKING
GROUP II
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| Above photo L-R: WG
2 dais chaired by Reynaldo Alvarez Morales (Mexico)(center)
and supported by CBD Secretariat staff Erie Tamale,
Giovanni
Ferraiolo, and Monoela Miranda. |
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| RISK
ASSESSMENT AND RISK MANAGEMENT:
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Uganda
expressed preference for an open-ended
working group on risk assessment and risk
management with wide participation.
Above photo: David Hafashimana
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The Philippines and others supported an AHTEG on risk assessment and risk management.
Above photo L-R: Baby Estacio (Philippines),
Edgar Auxilian (Philippines), Flerida Carino (Philippines),
Desiree Menancio Hautea (PRRI) and Ambassador Delia Domingo-Albert |
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COP/MOP
4 SNAPSHOTS:
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| Israel Pastor (Spain), Anna
Russo (Italy), Damiano Luchetti
(Italy) and Stefano Gomes (Italy) |
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Ingo Piegeler (UNEP/GEF) and David
Duthie (UNEP/GEF) |
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| Febby
Andryananto, Indonesia |
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| Wilhelmina
Pelegrina, SEARICE |
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| Lionel
Michael (Antigua and Barbuda) |
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Related Links
CBD
Secretariat
Cartagena
Protocol on Biosafety Web page
CBD
COP/MOP4 official website
COP/MOP4
Meeting Documents
Summary
of major issues
International
Day for Biological Diversity
Global
Biodiversity Outlook
Millennium
Ecosystem Assessment
Countdown
2010 initiative
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