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GENERAL
UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/4/INF/26
13 May 2008
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY SERVING AS THE MEETING OF THE PARTIES TO THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY

Fourth meeting

Bonn, 12-16 May 2008

GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL BODIES OR AGENCIES WHICH HAVE INFORMED THE SECRETARIAT OF THEIR WISH TO BE REPRESENTED AS OBSERVERS at the Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Note by the Executive Secretary

1. In light of recommendation 2/5 B of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention, and, in particular paragraph 3 of the annex thereto, the Executive Secretary is circulating herewith a list of bodies and agencies which, pursuant to rule7, paragraph 1, of the rules of procedure, have informed him of their wish to be represented at the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

2. The Executive Secretary is submitting the list to the Parties for their information. The list has also been provided, in advance of the meeting, to the Bureau for information.

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A SEED Europe

African Agricultural Technology Foundation

African Centre for Biosafety

African Union

Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands

ASEED Japan (Youth NGO)

Assessoria e Servicos a Projetos em Agricultura Alternativa

Association des Femmes Peules Autochtones du Tchad

Association of German Engineers - VDI

Ateneo de Manila University

Biotechnology Coalition of the Philippines

Bogor Agricultural University, Faculty of Agriculture

Buko Agrar Koordination

BUND e.V. Friends of the Earth - Germany

Canadian Biotechnology Action Network

CBD Alliance and Kalpavriksh

Censat Agua Viva-FOE

Center for Environment and Development

Center for Environmental Law & Community Rights Inc.

Church Development Service (Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst)

City of Bonn - Stadt Bonn

College of the Atlantic

Community Biodiversity Development and Conservation Network

Coperativa Ecologica das Mulheres Extrativistas do Marajo

Corporate Europe Observatory

CropLife International

Deutscher Naturschutzring - German League for Nature and Environment

ECONEXUS

ECOROPA

ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH

ELKANA - Biological Farming Association, Georgia

European Parliament

Federation of German Scientists

Fondation Internationale du Banc d'Arguin

Forest Stewardship Council

Forum Environment & Development

Franciscans International

Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS)

Friends of the Earth Malaysia

Friends of the Earth Denmark

Friends of the Earth International

Friends of the Earth Japan

Friends of the Earth Slovakia

FTN - Asia (Food, Trade and Nutrition Coalition)

Fundação Heinrich Böll

Fundacion Sociedades Sustentables

Gene Campaign

Gene Ethics Network

Genetic ID NA, Inc

GeneWatch UK

German Forestry Council - Deutscher Forstwirtschaftsrat e.V.

German Forum on Environment and Development

Germanwatch

Global Forest Coalition

Global Industry Coalition

GMO ERA Project

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

Greenpeace Belgium

Greenpeace Brazil

Greenpeace Canada

Greenpeace CEE

Greenpeace España

Greenpeace France

Greenpeace Germany

Greenpeace Greece

Greenpeace India

Greenpeace International

Greenpeace Luxembourg

Greenpeace Netherlands

Greenpeace Nordic

Greenpeace Switzerland

Greenpeace United Kingdom

Grupo de estudios Ambientales

Grupo de Reflexion Rural

Grupo Semillas

Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation

INF'OGM

INKOTA- netzwerk

Institute for Science and Ethics - Institut für Wissenschaft und Ethik

Institute for Responsible Technology

International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development

International Food Policy Research Institute

International Forum of Local Communities on Biological Diversity

International Grain Trade Coalition

International Institute for Environment & Development

International Life Sciences Institute Research Foundation

International Peasant Movement - Via Campesina

IUCN

IUCN Commission on Environmental Law

IUCN Environmental Law Centre

Kobe University

Konphalindo - Indonesia

Les Amis de la Terre

Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation

Mekong Delta Development Research Institute

Mozambique National NGO, Environmental Justice

NABU - German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union

Natural Justice (Lawyers for Communities and the Environment)

Nature Conservation Society of Japan

Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities

Oxfam America

Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana

Permanent Court of Arbitration

Pesticide Action Network Latin America

Pietermaritzburg Agency for Christian Social Awareness

Pontifica Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo

Practical Action

Public Advocacy Initiatives for Rights and Values in India - PAIRVI

Public Research and Regulation Initiative

Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands)

RAEIN-Africa

Society for Threatened Peoples

Sustainability Council of New Zealand

SWAN International

The Nature Conservation Society of Japan

The Siemenpuu Foundation

Third World Network

Tokyo Shimbun-Chunichi Shimbun

Transnational Institute

Union of Foresters of Southern Europe

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Université de Bordeaux

University of California, Santa Barbara

University of Delhi, India

Via Campesina

Washington Biotechnology Action Council / 49th Parallel Biotechnology Consortium

Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF)

Wuppertal Institut for Climate, Environment and Energy (für Klima, Umwelt, Energie)

Yonge Nawe

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