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past fortnight has brought a number of
interesting developments related to
sustainable development leadership and
institutional questions. …
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Lynn Wagner, Ph.D.
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CHEMICAL AND WASTE ExCOPs CONVENE IN BALI |
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Bali,
26 February—The
Simultaneous Extraordinary meetings of
the Conferences of the Parties to the
Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm
Conventions (ExCOPs) convened under the
theme “Greater Strength in Sync,” from
22-24 February in Bali, Indonesia. The
meeting represented the first time that
three independent treaty conferences had
simultaneously convened. The meeting
aimed to take decisions on, inter alia,
joint services, activities and
managerial functions, and a review
mechanism and follow up. Debate on joint
managerial functions revolved around the
potential of immediately appointing an
interim joint head of the three
secretariats. Delegates agreed to the
appointment of a joint head, and to
review the position and its
effectiveness.
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Photo: A view of one of the ExCOPs plenaries. |
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PROGRESS ACHIEVED ON LIABILITY NEGOTIATIONS UNDER THE
BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL |
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Putrajaya,
13 February—The
second meeting of the Friends of the
Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress under
the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
convened from 8-12 February 2010, in
Putrajaya, Malaysia. The meeting
attempted to conclude negotiations on
international rules and procedures in
the field of liability and redress for
damage resulting from transboundary
movements of living modified organisms (LMOs),
including: a supplementary protocol on
liability and redress; guidelines on
civil liability; the supplementary
compensation scheme; and complementary
capacity-building measures. The meeting
did not conclude the negotiation of a
supplementary protocol, however it
achieved significant progress on several
of the most contentious issues.
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Photo: Co-Chairs Jimena Nieto (Colombia)
and René Lefeber (Netherlands) with the
Malaysian delegation. |
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NEW MOU ON SHARKS AGREED UNDER THE CMS |
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Manila,
13 February—The
third meeting on International
Cooperation on Migratory Sharks under
the Convention on Migratory Species
(CMS) convened from 10-12 February 2010,
in Manila, the Philippines. It was
preceded by the Technical Meeting for
the Elaboration of a Conservation and
Management Plan for Migratory Sharks,
held from 8-9 February. The meetings
resulted in finalizing a non-legally
binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
on migratory sharks and a clear
procedure for completing work on the
conservation plan. Ten delegations
signed the MoU during the meeting, thus
allowing the MoU to commence on 1 March
2010.
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IPCC WG III Expert Meeting on Scenarios:
28 February-1 March 2010. Oxford, UK. |
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Agricultural Biotechnologies in Developing Countries:
1-4 March 2010. Guadalajara, Mexico. |
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15th Poverty Environment Partnership Meeting:
1-5 March 2010. Lilongwe, Malawi. |
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54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women:
1-12 March 2010. New York, US. |
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UNFCCC Technical Workshop on Collaboration among Regional
Centres and Networks:
2-5 March 2010. Apia, Samoa. |
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Methane to Markets Partnership Expo:
2-5 March 2010. New Delhi, India. |
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Second Latin American and Caribbean Regional Meeting on
SAICM:
5-13 March 2010. Kingston, Jamaica. |
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GEF
Replenishment
and
STAP
Meetings:
8-11 March 2010. Rome, Italy. |
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AIMS Regional Meeting for the MSI +5 High-Level Review:
9-10 March 2010. Maldives. |
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Montréal Protocol Halons Technical Options Committee:
9-11 March 2010. Montpellier, France. |
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Montréal Protocol Chemical Technical Options Committee:
10-12 March 2010. Beijing, China. |
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59th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee:
12 March 2010. Doha, Qatar. |
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CITES COP 15:
13-25 March 2010. Doha, Qatar. |
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