Ulaanbaatar
Asian Bio-Safety Committee convenes in Ulaanbaatar
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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Second Consultative Meeting of the Asian countries’ unofficial committee on “Forwarding Biological Safety Mechanism” is taking place in Ulaanbaatar on May 10-12. The meeting is jointly organized by the Government of Mongolia and the Secretariat of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
12 representatives from Malaysia, Cambodia, Mongolia, China, South Korea and the Philippines are taking part in the meeting, considering conservation of bio-diversity, regional network required to ensure biological safety, raising public awareness and ensuring public involvement, as well as organizational and many other types of issues.
Mongolia is a party to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Cartagena Protocol, which was ratified by the State Great Khural in 2002. The Mongolian parliament passed the Law on Modified Organism in 2007, and since has been working to establish the legal ground for ensuring bio-safety.
12 representatives from Malaysia, Cambodia, Mongolia, China, South Korea and the Philippines are taking part in the meeting, considering conservation of bio-diversity, regional network required to ensure biological safety, raising public awareness and ensuring public involvement, as well as organizational and many other types of issues.
Mongolia is a party to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Cartagena Protocol, which was ratified by the State Great Khural in 2002. The Mongolian parliament passed the Law on Modified Organism in 2007, and since has been working to establish the legal ground for ensuring bio-safety.
B.Amarsaikhan
