While it was public pressure that finally pushed the negotiations in Montreal in 2000 to a successful conclusion, the process was greatly facilitated by the innovative and transparent procedures initiated by the chairman of the meeting, Minister Juan Mayr […]
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Tewolde Berhan G Egziabher, the spokesperson of the Like-Minded Group (Group of 77 & China) at the Montreal and Cartagena talks and who has been involved in the biodiversity negotiations since the Nairobi Conference in 1991, reflects on his experience. […] Only the core issues of the Biosafety Protocol were negotiated at Montreal in 2000. The remaining provisions were basically the same as those negotiated at the earlier talks in Cartagena in 1999. Lim Li Lin analyses and comments on these core provisions. […] Now that the Biosafety Protocol has been negotiated, what are the steps that can be taken to fill in the gaps left by the Protocol? Some key dates and suggestions for consideration are set out below. […] Only the core issues of the Biosafety Protocol were negotiated at Montreal in 2000. The remaining provisions were basically the same as those negotiated at the earlier talks in Cartagena in 1999. Lim Li Lin analyses and comments on these core provisions. […] At Cartagena, the South African government surprised critics by displaying a maturity and understanding of the issues and concerns facing developing countries on the question of GMOs. […] Just when the stage appeared to be set for the emergence of the world’s first international law to regulate the use, handling and cross-border transfers of GMOs in Cartegena in 1999, the US-led attacks crippled the talks. […] Despite its declaration that it was ready to back the South to ensure an effective biosafety protocol, the European Union’s conduct at the Cartagena negotiations clearly revealed that it was quite prepared to abandon the South and the cause of biosafety. […] The negotiations at Cartagena in 1999 were doomed to failure, argues Lavanya Rajamani, given the backdrop in which they were conducted. The real battle was over trade, not biosafety. […] At Cartagena in 1999 during the negotiation on the Biosafety protocol, the South put forward the basic constituents of a strong Biosafety Protocol. Gurdial Singh Nijar, sets out and discusses these key elements. […] |
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