The 5th meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 5) takes place on 11-15 October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan, back-to-back with the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10), on 18-29 October 2010. The meeting will address a number of standing issues on the COP-MOP agenda (i.e. compliance; operation and activities of the Biosafety Clearing-House; capacity building; financial mechanisms and resources; cooperation with other organizations, conventions and initiatives; and administration and budgetary matters). It will also address a number of substantive issues arising from the medium-term programme of work and previous COP-MOP decisions (i.e. handling, transport, packaging and identification of living modified organisms; risk assessment and risk management; liability and redress; monitoring and reporting; assessment and review; and public awareness and participation). See https://www.cbd.int/mop5/ for background information and access to official documents (in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) or contact [email protected] for more information.

08/07/2010