The 60th General Assembly of the United Nations has begun and it is scheduled to discuss a total of 156 agenda items before mid-September 2006. Item 52 (h) is on the Convention on Biological Diversity, for which document A/60/171 has been prepared, including a report by the Convention`s secretariat on ongoing work regarding the Convention, including its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Item 54 (b) is on "Science and technology for development", for which document A/60/184 has been prepared, summarising work carried out by entities of the United Nations system in the area of biotechnology. See http://www.un.org/ga/60/second/summaries.htm (documents available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) or contact [email protected] for more information.

03/10/2005