Member, Compliance Committee, Cartagena Biosafety Protocol and Former Director,
*Author for Correspondence: E-mail: rairana@vsnl.net
Sixth meeting of the Conference of Parties serving as the Meeting of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was held in Hyderabad on 1–5 October 2012. Its agenda items included discussions on capacity building, biosafety clearing-house, socio-economic considerations concerning living modified organisms (LMOs), reviewing effectiveness of the Protocol and taking decisions to further ensure the safe transfer, handling and use of LMOs. This paper seeks to analyse and assess the outcome of this meeting against the much awaited expectations and India's concerns.
Biosafety, Biosafety Clearing House, Cartagena Protocol, COP-MOP 6 meeting, Compliance Committee, Liability and Redress, LMOs, Nagoya-KL Supplementary Protocol, Risk Assessment, Risk Management
