Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KYIV332
2009-02-18 13:57:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Kyiv
Cable title:
UKRAINE ON CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY
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UNCLAS KYIV 000332
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR OES/ENRC DANIELLE WOOD AND EEB/TPPP/MTAA/ABT
MARCELLA SZYMANSKI
USDA/FAS FOR STEVE FROGGETT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO KPAO SENV
SUBJECT: UKRAINE ON CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY
REF: STATE 11910
Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet or
Distribution Outside the USG.
UNCLAS KYIV 000332
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR OES/ENRC DANIELLE WOOD AND EEB/TPPP/MTAA/ABT
MARCELLA SZYMANSKI
USDA/FAS FOR STEVE FROGGETT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO KPAO SENV
SUBJECT: UKRAINE ON CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY
REF: STATE 11910
Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet or
Distribution Outside the USG.
1. (SBU) Post delivered the reftel demarche to the
Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of
Agricultural Policy, and the Ministry of Environmental
Protection (MEP),regarding the Mexico City meeting of the
Group of Friends of the Co-Chairs Concerning Liability and
Redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety, to take place on February 23-27. MEP is the
body responsible for oversight and implementation of the
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
2. (SBU) According to Serhiy Hubar, Deputy Head of the
MEP's Environmental Safety Department and the lead GOU
official on Cartagena Protocol issues, the GOU had not been
aware of the planned Mexico City meeting. GOU
representatives will not attend the session or prepare any
comments or position papers for the meeting.
TAYLOR
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR OES/ENRC DANIELLE WOOD AND EEB/TPPP/MTAA/ABT
MARCELLA SZYMANSKI
USDA/FAS FOR STEVE FROGGETT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO KPAO SENV
SUBJECT: UKRAINE ON CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY
REF: STATE 11910
Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet or
Distribution Outside the USG.
1. (SBU) Post delivered the reftel demarche to the
Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of
Agricultural Policy, and the Ministry of Environmental
Protection (MEP),regarding the Mexico City meeting of the
Group of Friends of the Co-Chairs Concerning Liability and
Redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety, to take place on February 23-27. MEP is the
body responsible for oversight and implementation of the
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
2. (SBU) According to Serhiy Hubar, Deputy Head of the
MEP's Environmental Safety Department and the lead GOU
official on Cartagena Protocol issues, the GOU had not been
aware of the planned Mexico City meeting. GOU
representatives will not attend the session or prepare any
comments or position papers for the meeting.
TAYLOR