The Supplementary Protocol aims to contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity by
providing international rules and procedures for response measures in the event of damage resulting from
living modified organisms.
Welcoming the latest news, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on
Biological Diversity, said, “Hungary’s ratification is further evidence of the firm commitment of many
governments signatory to the Cartagena Protocol to bring the Supplementary Protocol into force as soon
as possible. I call upon all countries that have not yet done so to ratify the Cartagena Protocol and its
Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress.”
Hungary joins Albania, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Czech Republic, the European Union,
Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Mongolia, Norway, Romania,
Spain, Sweden and the Syrian Arab Republic that have deposited their instruments of ratification or
accession to the Supplementary Protocol.
Further information on becoming a Party to the Supplementary Protocol is available at:
http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/NKL_ratification.shtml.
Notes to Editors
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was adopted on 29 January 2000 in Montreal and entered into force
on 11 September 2003. To date, 165 countries and the European Union are Parties to the Protocol.
The Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol
on Biosafety was adopted on 15 October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan.
More information is available at: http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/supplementary/
For additional information, please contact: Ulrika Nilsson on +1 514 287 7025 or at
[email protected]; or Johan Hedlund on +1 514 287 6670 or at [email protected]
