UN Meeting on the Safe Use of LMOs Opens in South Korea
October 1, 2014| |
The 7th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, which also serves as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP7), opened on September 29, 2014 in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Participants of the 5-day meeting include representatives from government, civil society, and industry.
One of the objectives of the meeting is to adopt further decisions to ensure safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms (LMOs). It will also advance the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol through the Strategic Plan for the Cartagena Protocol (2011-2020). The delegates will also discuss issues relating to the financial mechanism and resources for the implementation of Cartagena Protocol, the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol; risk assessment and risk management; socio-economic considerations concerning LMOs; assessment and the review of the effectiveness of the Cartagena Protocol.
For more details, visit http://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2014/pr-2014-09-29-bscopmop7-en.pdf.
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