As part of a series of training modules on trade negotiations prepared by its Trade Negotiations and Commercial Diplomacy Branch, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development has produced a 90-page training module on the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. The module aims to provide training materials and inputs for developing countries trainers, lecturers and government officials involved in training and research tasks on the multilateral rules governing the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in international trade. Annex III of the module focuses on international trade in biotechnology products, in particular GMOs, with a summary of domestic GMO regulations, the WTO legal framework applicable to trade in biotechnology products, other applicable legal regimes, such as the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and associated concerns. See http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=3890&lang=1 (in English and Spanish) or contact [email protected] for more information.

06/10/2006