The 7th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological
Diversity, which also serves as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena
Protocol Biosafety (COM-MOP7), opened on September 29, 2014 in Pyeongchang,
South Korea. Participants of the 5-day meeting include representatives from
government, civil society, and industry.

One of the objectives of the meeting is to adopt further decisions to ensure
safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms (LMOs). It will
also advance the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol through the
Strategic Plan for the Cartagena Protocol (2011-2020). The delegates will
also discuss issues relating to the financial mechanism and resources for
the implementation of Cartagena Protocol, the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur
Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol;
risk assessment and risk management; socio-economic considerations
concerning LMOs; assessment and the review of the effectiveness of the
Cartagena Protocol.

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