The General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) opened its 63rd session on 16 September 2008 at the UN Headquarters in New York, United States. The wide range of agenda items for consideration includes item 49.f on `Sustainable development: Convention on Biological Diversity`, for which a report (nr. A/63/294, pages 20-25) was prepared by the Convention`s secretariat, summarising major developments regarding the Convention, including its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. See the report (in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish), plus the draft resolution, at http://www.un.org/ga/second/63/documentation.shtml or contact [email protected] for more information.

03/12/2008