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Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
(COP/MOP 6)
On Wednesday, WG I considered draft decisions on: handling, transport, packaging and identification (HTPI) of LMOs; notification requirements; subsidiary bodies; and unintentional transboundary movements. WG II discussed draft decisions on: capacity building; financial mechanism and resources; the BCH; and risk assessment and risk management.
Plenary met in the afternoon to take stock of progress and address a draft decision on cooperation with other organizations, conventions and initiatives. The budget contact group met at lunch time. Contact groups on socio-economic considerations and risk assessment met in the evening.
Cultural entertainment at COP/MOP 6
L-R: Kathryn Garforth, CBD Secretariat and WG I Chair Ines Verleye, Belgium
WG I Chair Ines Verleye, Belgium, in a discussion with delegates from the EU.
L-R: Mary Lisa Madell and Ed Porter, US in a discussion with Eric Okoree, Ghana
Elmo Thomas, Namibia
Eric Okoree, Ghana
Gurdial Singh, Malaysia
L-R: Hassan Haji Ibrahim, Somalia, in conversation with Yousef Alhafedh, Saudi Arabia
L-R:Sorka Copa and Sergio Arispe, Bolivia, consulting with Kathryn Garforth, CBD Secretariat
Working Group II
L-R: Erie Tamale, CBD Secretariat; WG II Chair Spencer Thomas, Grenada; Giovanni Ferraiolo, CBD Secretariat; and Dina Abdelhakim, CBD Secretariat
Ramatha Letchumanan, Malaysia
Elisa Dalgalarrondo, Uruguay
Mark Zimsky, Global Environment Facility
Delegates from the Philippines consulting.
Angel Onofa, Ecuador
Matthias Buck, EU
Plenary
L-R: Worku Damena Yifru, CBD Secretariat; Chair M. F. Farooqui, India; Charles Gbedemah, Secretary of the Meeting; Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary; and Giovanni Ferraiolo, CBD Secretariat
L-R: Chair M. F. Farooqui, India; Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary; and Charles Gbedemah, Secretary of the Meeting
WG II Chair Spencer Thomas, Grenada
WG I Chair Ines Verleye, Belgium
Conrod Hunte, Antigua and Barbuda
Snežana Prokić, Serbia
Paulino Franco de Carvalho, Brazil
Reynaldo Ariel Álvarez-Morales, Mexico
Contact Groups:
View of the contact group on risk assessment.
View of the contact group on socio-economic considerations
Side Event:
Promoting the Ratification of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol
View of the side-event promoting the ratification of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol
Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety 
