Swaziland ratifies Nagoya Protocol, four more ratification needed

Four more ratification from member nations to the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety will enable the Protocol enter into force soon.

With Swaziland’s accession on 21 September 2016, the Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol needs only four more ratification to enter into force.

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.

“I welcome the accession of Swaziland. I urge all Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which  have yet  to  do  so, to deposit  their  instrument  of  ratification or  accession to  the Supplementary Protocol prior to the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Convention and its Protocols to be held from 4 to 1 7December 2016 in Cancun, Mexico,” said Braulio Ferreira de Souza  Dias,  Executive  Secretary  of  the  Convention  on  Biological  Diversity.

“I hope that the Supplementary Protocol will be operational by 2017 and that we will celebrate its pending entry into force during the December meetings.

”Swaziland is the latest Party to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to ratify the Supplementary Protocol, following the recent accession by Mali on 23 June 2016.

The Supplementary Protocol will enter into force on the 90th day after the date of deposit of the 40th  instrument  of  ratification,  accession,  acceptance  or  approval  by  Parties  to  the  Cartagena Protocol.