2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP16)
Towards Justice for All
September 17, TUE
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09:00 - 10:15
During the Russian 2024 BRICS Chairmanship, we are working together with partners from BRICS countries that demonstrate the highest level of involvement in biosecurity regulation issues, access and equitable benefit-sharing of genetic resources within the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
The Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols of the CBD regulate these issues. The BRICS countries, in particular Brazil, South Africa, China, Ethiopia, Egypt and others are active in this area and are keen to cooperate, including developing of coordinated positions in the international arena.
This includes the thematic elements of the Convention, such as digital genetic sequences in genetic resources and synthetic biology. These new areas of negotiation process would define international principles and rules for transactions of biotechnology products (pharmaceuticals, chemicals, gene engineering products, food, etc.) and global mechanisms for sharing the benefits (monetary and non-monetary) derived from the sale of the products and the distribution of benefits among the countries.
It should also be noted that these areas of cooperation are reflected in the global goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted in 2022 and approved by the UN General Assembly in 2023, which provides a vision for universal development until 2050. All the BRICS countries have a strong interest in the implementation of this programme.
Moderator
Speakers
Aziz Abdukhakimov
Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Svetlana Akulova
General Director, the Moscow Zoo
Viktoriya Elias
Conservation Program Director, Nature and People Foundation
Baasanjav Ganbold
Head of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP)
Nikolay Korchunov
Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
Eduard Porvatov
FAO national partnerships specialist
Nikolay Shabalin
General Director, Marine Research Center, Moscow State University
Alexey Yaroshenko
Ph.D in Biology, Head of Forest Programme, Nature Conservation Association
* The Programme may be subject to change