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Biosafety Organization
(ORG)
published: 23 Aug 2006
last updated: 12 Mar 2019
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
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Person:Mr. Jean Michel JakobowiczPublic Information Officer,Palais des Nations CH-1211Geneva 10,
, SwitzerlandPhone: +41 22 917 27 57, +41 22 917 44 44,Fax: +41 22 917 05 05,Email: unece_info@un.org,Website: http://www.unece.org,Related OrganizationUN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)Palais des Nations CH-1211Geneva 10,
, SwitzerlandPhone: +41 22 917 27 57, +41 22 917 44 44,Fax: +41 22 917 05 05,Email: unece_info@un.org,Website: http://www.unece.org,
Palais des Nations
CH-1211
Geneva 10,
, Switzerland
- +41 22 917 44 44
- +41 22 917 05 05
UN and other specialized agency of the UN Common System
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Socio-economic considerationsEN
Capacity building and financial resources
Environmental, food and feed safety
Handling, transport, packaging and identification
Intentional introduction into the environment (AIA)
Legislative and regulatory framework
Public awareness, education and participation
- Biosafety and Biotechnology
- Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
UNECE is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations. Its major aim is to promote pan-European economic integration. To do so, UNECE brings together 56 countries located in the European Union, non-EU Western and Eastern Europe, South-East Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and North America.
All these countries dialogue and cooperate under the aegis of the UNECE on economic and sectoral issues. To this end, it provides analysis, policy advice and assistance to governments, it gives focus to the United Nations global mandates in the economic field, in cooperation with other global players and key stakeholders, notably the business community. The UNECE also sets out norms, standards and conventions to facilitate international cooperation within and outside the region.
The area of expertise of the UNECE covers such sectors as: economic cooperation and integration, energy, environment, human settlements, population, statistics, timber, trade, and transport.
Mr. Marek Belka (Poland) is the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
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All these countries dialogue and cooperate under the aegis of the UNECE on economic and sectoral issues. To this end, it provides analysis, policy advice and assistance to governments, it gives focus to the United Nations global mandates in the economic field, in cooperation with other global players and key stakeholders, notably the business community. The UNECE also sets out norms, standards and conventions to facilitate international cooperation within and outside the region.
The area of expertise of the UNECE covers such sectors as: economic cooperation and integration, energy, environment, human settlements, population, statistics, timber, trade, and transport.
Mr. Marek Belka (Poland) is the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
The UNECE serves as the secretariat to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention - http://www.unece.org/env/pp/). The Convention forms a part of an international framework for access to information, public participation and access to justice with respect to genetically modified organisms (GMOs). It sets out requirements for provision of information related to GMOs and, through an amendment (http://www.unece.org/env/documents/2005/pp/ece/ece.mp.pp.2005.2.add.2.e.pdf) adopted in 2005, regulates the procedure and scope of public participation in decision-making on whether to permit the deliberate release into the environment and placing on the market of GMOs. The Parties to the Convention also adopted the Guidelines (http://www.unece.org/env/pp/documents/gmoguidelinesenglish.pdf) on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice with respect to Genetically Modified Organisms. The Parties recognize the need to cooperate with other international organizations and forums, in particular the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, with a view to maximizing synergy and avoiding duplication of effort, inter alia through encouraging the exchange of information and further collaboration between the secretariat of the UNECE Aarhus Convention and the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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