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The National Biosafety Board of Malaysia announced its first decision on an application for approval for a field trial to release genetically modified (GM) male mosquitoes. The Chair of the Board, who is also the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment announced that the Board has…

Mr. Chairman, I speak on behalf of the Public Research and Regulation Initiative, PRRI. Mr Chairman, we - public sector scientists working in modern biotechnology - consider the Cartagena Protocol an important instrument, because it offers countries that do not yet have biosafety regulations, a mechanism for…

Nagoya, 12 October, 2010 – After more than six years of intense negotiations, Parties to the Biosafety Protocol finalized the negotiation of a new treaty known as the ―Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety‖. Named after two cities where the final…

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A workshop on risk assessment of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) was conducted by Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) and the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) from 3 to 7 October 2010 at KISR, Kuwait.

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PRRI MOP5 Opening Statement Mr. Chairman, I speak on behalf of the Public Research and Regulation Initiative, also known as PRRI. PRRI is an organisation of public sector scientists who are involved in research and development of modern biotechnology for the public good.

Nagoya, Japan, 11 October 2010. Today starts the Fifth Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The Cartagena Protocol is an important instrument, because it can help international sharing of the benefits of modern biotechnology, to which Parties have agreed in article 19 of the Convention on…

Mr. Chairman, I speak on behalf of the Public Research and Regulation Initiative, also known as PRRI. PRRI is an organisation of public sector scientists who are involved in research and development of modern biotechnology for the public good.