BioSafety, Volume 1, Paper 9 (BY95009), September 15th
1995.
Online Journal, URL - http://www.bdt.org.br/bioline/by
Biosafety policy developments under the convention of
biological diversity: a report of a meeting of experts in
Madrid, July, 1995.
Dagmar Fritze
Received August 11th, 1995,
Code Number: BY95009
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SUMMARY
Since the Convention on Biological Diversity was initiated in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992 the signatories to the
Convention have been developing policies on biosafety in
accordance with the requirements of Article 19.3 of the
Convention. There have been a number of significant meetings
of national experts leading to recommendations on biosafety.
The latest such meeting occurred in Madrid in July 1995. The
discussions had the aim of providing a basis for the Parties
to the Convention to come to an informed decision as to "the
need for and the modalities of a Protocol on Biosafety", when
they meet at the 2nd Conference of the Parties in Jakarta,
Indonesia, in November 1995. This report outlines the
situation leading up to, and the developments at, the meeting
in Madrid and provides the text of a document "Elements for
the content of an international framework on biosafety",
produced at the meeting.
