Biosafety Information Network and Advisory Service (BINAS). A service of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), BINAS monitors global developments in regulatory issues in biotechnology.
BioTrack Online. This Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) site focuses on information related to the regulatory oversight of products of biotechnology.
Convention on Biological Diversity. This Convention opened for signature at the Rio Earth Summit in June 1992 and entered into force in December 1993. Its secretariat is located in Montreal, Canada.
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The Protocol seeks to protect biological diversity from the potential risks posed by living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology.
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Provides information on the work of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization based in Rome, Italy.
FAO and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Provides information on the work of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) related to aspects of the Cartagena Protocol.
First Committee of the UN General Assembly. Covers disarmament and international security issues.
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. Dedicated to advanced research and training in molecular biology and biotechnology, with special regard to the needs of the developing world.
International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. An international organisation dedicated to advanced research and training in molecular biology and biotechnology, with special regard to the needs of the developing world.
International Register on Biosafety. Maintained by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), this site offers information from many sources on biosafety. cuses on information useful in establishing a regulatory framework for the safe development, transfer and application of biotechnology.
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Information about the Chemical Weapons Convention and its implementation by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) based in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Organization International des Epizooties (OIE). Provides information on the work of the Organization International des Epizooties based in Paris, France.
United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs. A wealth of UN disarmament resources. United Nations Office at Geneva - Disarmament. Links to the Conference on Disarmament (CD), the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) and major international instruments on disarmament, among other things.
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). Includes Disarmament Forum quarterly publication.
World Health Organization. Provides information on the work of the World Health Organization based in Geneva, Switzerland.
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