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NOTIFICATION
No. 2023-024

Dear Madam/Sir,

At its fifteenth meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15) decided to continue the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions until the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 16) and adopted a number of decisions containing requests to the Working Group, including to elaborate the new programme of work on Article 8(j) and other provisions of the Convention related to indigenous peoples and local communities, and institutional arrangements and modus operandi (decision 15/10 ( https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop-15/cop-15-dec-10-en.pdf )). The dates and the provisional agenda of the twelfth meeting of the Working Group will be communicated in due course. 

NOTIFICATION
No. 2023-025

Dear Madam/Sir,

The purpose of this notification is to invite nominations from Parties, relevant organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities, youth, women, business, finance, and civil society for participation in the Informal Advisory Committee on Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA-IAC) for the biennium 2023-2024.

NOTIFICATION
No. 2023-023

Dear Madam/Sir,

Reference is made to notification 2023-003 ( https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2023/ntf-2023-003-abs-dsi-en.pdf ), issued on 31 January 2023, inviting the submission of views, in accordance with decision 15/9 ( https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop-15/cop-15-dec-09-en.pdf ) on digital sequence information on genetic resources, on the issues set out in the annex to the decision. For ease of reference, the list of issues is reproduced in the annex to this notification.

The Secretariat is extending the deadline to allow for the submission of additional views. Parties, other Governments, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations that have not yet done so are invited to submit views as soon as possible, but no later than 31 March 2023. Kindly note that submissions should be sent through an official letter addressed to the Executive Secretary by e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Pursuant to paragraph 21 of decision 15/9, these submissions will be compiled and synthesized, posted on the Secretariat website and made available to the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resource. 

I thank you for your cooperation and continued support to the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols.

The text of this notification is also available on the CBD website at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2023/ntf-2023-023-abs-en.pdf .