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4TH WORLD WATER
FORUM CONCLUDES
16-22 March 2006 |
Mexico City, Mexico
The 4th World Water
Forum has ended in
Mexico City with
ministerial
roundtables and a
closing plenary. The
meeting, which
focused on the
theme, “Local
actions for a global
challenge,” involved
over 200 thematic
sessions and drew
an estimated 11,000
participants. The
Fifth World Water
Forum will take
place in Istanbul in
2009.
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BIOSAFETY MEETING ADOPTS
DECISION ON DOCUMENTATION OF GM COMMODITIES
13-17 March 2006 | Curitiba, Brazil
The third
Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
(COP/MOP-3) has ended with agreement on detailed documentation
requirements for living modified organisms for food, feed, or
processing (LMO-FFPs), as set out in Article 18.2(a) of the
Protocol. COP/MOP-3 also considered reports on ongoing
activities under the Protocol, as well as risk assessment and
risk management, compliance, monitoring and reporting, and
assessment and review of implementation.
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COP/MOP-3
President
Fatimah
Raya
Nasron
of
Malaysia |
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