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Meetings of the COP-MOP

The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP) currently meets every two years in conjunction with the regular meetings of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity. To date, the COP-MOP has held ten meetings.


  • ICCP Process - 2000 - 2003
  • COP-MOP 1 - 23-27 February 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • COP-MOP 2 - 30 May-3 June 2005, Montreal, Canada
  • COP-MOP 3 - 13-17 March 2006, Curitiba, Brazil
  • COP-MOP 4 - 12 - 16 May 2008, Bonn, Germany
  • COP-MOP 5 - 11 - 15 October 2010, Nagoya, Japan
  • COP-MOP 6 - 1-5 October 2012, Hyderabad, India
  • COP-MOP 7 - 29 September - 3 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea
  • COP-MOP 8 - 4 December - 17 December 2016, Cancun, Mexico
  • COP-MOP 9 - 17 November - 29 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
  • COP-MOP 10, Part I and II - Part I: 11 October - 15 October 2021, (Online) Kunming, China, Part II: 7- 19 December 2022, Montreal, Canada, and Resumed Part II: 19 - 20 October 2023, Nairobi, Kenya
  • COP-MOP 11 - 21 October - 1 November 2024, Cali, Colombia

The Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP MOP 10)

11 October 2021 - 15 October 2021 (Part I), (Online) Kunming, China

7 - 19 December 2022 (Part II), Montreal, Canada, and 19 - 20 October 2023 (Resumed Part II), Nairobi, Kenya


Meeting documents - Bureau

Resumed Part II: Meeting documents
 
COP-MOP 10 decisions booklet: Ar | En | Es | Fr | Ru | Zh

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The Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP MOP 9)

17 November 2018 - 29 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

The meeting adopted 17 decisions.
Meeting documents - Bureau
 
COP-MOP 9 decisions booklet: Ar | En | Es | Fr | Ru | Zh
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The Eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP MOP 8)

4 December - 17 December 2016, Cancun, Mexico

The meeting adopted 19 decisions.
Website - Final report and meeting documents - Decisions - Bureau
 
COP-MOP 8 decisions booklet: Ar | En | Es | Fr | Ru | Zh
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The Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP MOP 7)

29 September - 3 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

The meeting adopted 14 decisions.
Website - Final Report and meeting documents - Decisions - Bureau
 
COP-MOP 7 decisions booklet: Ar | En | Es | Fr | Ru | Zh
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The Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 6)

1-5 October 2012, Hyderabad, India

The meeting adopted 16 decisions.
Website - Final Report and meeting documents - Decisions - Bureau
 
COP-MOP 6 decisions booklet: Ar | En | Es | Fr | Ru | Zh
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The Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 5)

11-15 October 2010, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

The meeting adopted 17 decisions and a supplementary Protocol.
Website - Final Report and meeting documents - Decisions
The Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress - Bureau
 
COP-MOP 5 decisions booklet: Ar | En | Es | Fr | Ru | Zh
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The Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 4)

12-16 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

A total of 2000 participants attended the meeting. The meeting adopted 18 decisions.
Website - Final Report and meeting documents - Decisions - Bureau
 
COP-MOP 4 decisions booklet: Ar | En | Es | Fr | Ru | Zh
 
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The Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 3)

13-17 March 2006, Curitiba, Brazil

A total of 1,295 participants from 99 Parties to the Protocol, 7 non-Parties, 10 UN agencies, 12 IGOs, 113 NGOs, 30 indigenous people’s organizations, 14 industry organizations and 63 other observer organizations attended. The meeting adopted 18 decisions.
Website - Final Report and meeting documents - Decisions - Bureau
COP-MOP 3 decisions booklet: Ar | En | Es | Fr | Ru | Zh
 
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The Second meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 2)

30 May-3 June 2005, Montreal, Canada

It was attended by 647 participants representing101 Parties to the Protocol, 16 non-Parties, 10 UN agencies, 8 IGOs, 64 NGOs, 21 academic institutions, 27 industry organizations and 9 other observer organizations. COP-MOP 2 adopted 14 decisions.
Final Report and meeting documents - Decisions - Bureau
 
COP-MOP 2 decisions booklet: Ar | En | Es | Fr | Ru | Zh
 
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The First meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 1)

23-27 February 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

It was attended by 895 participants representing 81 Parties to the Protocol, 79 non-Parties, 8 UN agencies, 12 IGOs, 84 NGOs, 16 academia, 1 indigenous organization, 24 industry organizations and 13 other observer organizations. Delegates adopted a total of 14 decisions covering, inter alia all the substantive issues that were to be addressed by the first meeting of the COP-MOP.
Final Report and meeting documents - Decisions - Bureau
 
COP-MOP 1 decisions booklet: Ar | En | Es | Fr | Ru | Zh
 
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The ICCP Process

The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in its First Extraordinary Meeting in Cartagena, Colombia (22 - 23 February 1999) and Montreal, Canada (24 - 28 January 2000) established in decision EM-I/3 an open-ended ad hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol (ICCP) with a mandate to undertake the preparations necessary for the first meeting of the Parties to the Protocol.

ICCP Meetings:

See also the Timeline of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety


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