Madam/Sir,

I am pleased to announce the launch of an online Forum on the Biosafety Clearing-House which is designed to provide the opportunity for you to make comments on the proposed framework for the second Assessment and Review of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety under Article 35.

The draft document for your review and comments is available  on the Forum page at http://bch.cbd.int/onlineconferences/spforum.shtml. You may post your comments at the above BCH page or by email.

Your feedback is essential to the multi-year programme of work on Biosafety that is being developed by the Secretariat for the next 10 years. Your valuable inputs will be incorporated into the 10-year draft strategic plan which will be considered by the Parties at the fifth meeting of the COP-MOP being convened in Nagoya, Japan, 11-15 October 1010.

Thank you very much for your interest in the work of the Protocol.

Yours sincerely,

Ahmed Djoghlaf
Executive Secretary
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
United Nations Environment Programme
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