Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06REYKJAVIK167
2006-05-11 08:20:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Reykjavik
Cable title:
ICELAND TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON MOP-3 FOLLOW-UP
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UNCLAS REYKJAVIK 000167
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
USDA FOR FAS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV EAGR EAID ETRD TBIO IC
SUBJECT: ICELAND TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON MOP-3 FOLLOW-UP
REF: STATE 70210
Per reftel instructions, post on May 9 discussed the third
Meeting of the Parties (MOP-3) to the Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety with Sigurdur Thrainsson, Icelandic Ministry of
the Environment Head of Division in the Office of Nature
Conservation and Quality of Life. Thrainsson attended the
MOP-3 but reports that Iceland has yet to take any actions
tied to implementation of decisions taken in Curitiba. He
said that Iceland, as a member of the EEA, is awaiting a
European directive on how to proceed based on the MOP-3's
outcome.
VAN VOORST