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The Cartagena Protocol

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The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international agreement which aims to ensure the safe handling, transport and use of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health. It was adopted on 29 January 2000 and entered into force on 11 September 2003.
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Number of Parties: 173

Latest Ratifications: Sierra Leone (June 15 2020) Uzbekistan (October 25 2019)

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What's new

17 June 2025

Malta accedes to the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress, 16 June 2025

7 March 2025

Videos demonstrating how to submit and publish Fifth National Report in the BCH are now available.

21 October 2024

New booklet: A joint CBD/Aarhus Convention pocket guide on access to information and public participation regarding LMOs is now available

Press Releases

27 February 2025

Governments agree on the way forward to mobilise the resources needed to protect biodiversity for people and planet

27 November 2024

Countries to resume crucial biodiversity discussions in Rome, 25-27 February 2025

Executive Secretary's Statements

27 February 2025

Closing speech by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Astrid Schomaker, at the Second resumed sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol and fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol

25 February 2025

Opening speech by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Astrid Schomaker, at the second resumed sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol and fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol

21 October 2024

Opening speech by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Astrid Schomaker, for the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 21 October 2024

3 October 2025-2025-124

Reminder and extension of deadline: Submission of views on options to further improve the effectiveness of meetings under the Convention and its Protocols

17 September 2025-2025-116

Online Training Course on Multilateral Negotiations, 2 October 2025

4 September 2025-2025-112

Submission of views on options to further improve the effectiveness of meetings under the Convention and its Protocols

22 July 2025-2025-096

Confirmed dates of the Seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and the Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization

8 July 2025-2025-088

Extension of deadline: Submissions of information on synthetic biology to support the preparation of the thematic action plan in the context of synthetic biology and the work of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology

7 July 2025-2025-087

Composition of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House

27 June 2025-2025-085

Nomination of experts to the workshop on the detection and identification of living modified organisms and the role of customs officials in implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 22-26 September 2025

27 June 2025-2025-084

Online Forum on Capacity-building for Biosafety to support the implementation of the capacity-building action plan for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 14 - 18 July 2025

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9–11 December 2025, Montreal, Canada

Thirteenth meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House

9–11 June 2026, Montreal, Canada(Tentative)

Twenty-first meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

16–18 June 2026, Montreal, Canada(Tentative)

Fifteenth meeting of the Liaison Group on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

19–30 October 2026, Yerevan, Armenia

Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

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Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

Online discussion on detection and identification of LMOs

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