At the national
and international level, WashBAC has supported public-interest
positions on biotechnology issues. WashBAC:
(Ongoing)
- Has been participating since 1995 in the negotiation
process and implementation of the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol and the application of
the Precautionary Principle. WashBAC's involvement included supporting the coverage
of foods, labeling,
consideration of socioeconomic impacts, etc.
- Advocated keeping genetically
engineered foods from being included in the definition of the
term "organic." (this needs to be moved)
- Participates in the national No-Patents-On-Life
Coalition.
- Participates in international listservs.
- Participates in the coalition of U.S. NGOs, called GEAN
(Genetic Engineering Action Network), which organizes citizens
to be active on policies
surrounding genetically engineered foods, labeling issues,
and pre-market deliberate releases.
- Writes Op Eds and other releases
about genetic engineering.
- Has been working with the Codex Alimentarious (a UN organization)
on labeling and other biotechnology issues.
WashBAC attended and participated in the following events:
2004
- First Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, February
- Genetic Engineering Action Network (US), conference, Berkeley, March
- Codex Committee on General Principles, Paris, May
2003
- Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference, Cancun, Mexico. September.
- Fifteenth National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, Seattle. June.
- Codex Committee on General Principles, Rome. November.
- Codex Alimentarious Commission, Rome. June-July.
- Codex Committee on General Principles, Paris. April.
- Codex Task Force on Biofoods, Japan. March.
2002
-
Third Meeting of the Intergovernmental
Committee for the Cartagena Protocol, The Hague. April.
-
Codex
Committee on General Principles, Paris. April.
- Codex Task Force on Biofoods, Japan. March.
2001
- Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol, Nairobi.
- Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol, Montpelier.
- Codex Committee on General Principles,
Paris. April.
- Codex Task Force on Biofoods, Japan. March.
2000
- Second Meeting of the Intergovernmental
Committee for the Cartagena Protocol, Montpellier, France.
December.
- "Big Money, Bad Science" Conference
in Vancouver, B.C. November.
- WHO Seminar: “The Release of Genetically
Modified Organisms in the Environment: Is it a Health Hazard?,” Rome.
September.
- Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the
Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Nairobi,
Kenya. May.
- Codex Task Force on Biofoods, Japan.
March.
- First Extraordinary Meeting of the Conference
of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
(final negotiations of the text of the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol). Montréal,
Canada. January.
1999
- WTO conferences and meetings, Seattle. Nov-Dec.
- Third Ministerial Conference of the World
Trade Organization, Seattle. December.
- Informal
negotiating session of the Cartagena
Protocol on Biosafety, Vienna, Austria. September.
- Fourth Meeting
of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological
Advice
to the Convention
on Biological Diversity, Montréal, Canada. May.
- Bio-devastation Conference, Seattle. May.
- Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to
the Convention
on Biological Diversity, Bratislava, Slovakia.
May.
- Sixth
meeting of the ad-hoc working
group on biosafety, Cartagena, Colombia. February.
1998
- Fifth meeting of the open-ended ad-hoc
working group on biosafety, Montréal, Canada. August.
- Second
Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization,
Geneva, Switzerland. May.
- Fourth meeting of the open-ended ad-hoc
working group on biosafety, Montréal, Canada. February.
1997
- Third meeting of the open-ended ad-hoc
working group on biosafety, Montréal, Canada. October.
- Second
meeting of the open-ended ad-hoc working group on biosafety,
Montréal, Canada. May.
1996
- Third Meeting of the Conference of the
Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Buenos Aires,
Argentina. November.
- First meeting of the open-ended ad-hoc
working group on biosafety. Aarhus, Denmark. July.
- Codex Alimentarius
Committee on Food Labeling, Ottawa, Canada. May.
1995
- Second Meeting of the Conference of the
Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Jakarta,
Indonesia. November.
- Meeting of the ad-hoc group of experts
on biosafety, Madrid, Spain. July.
1992
- United Nations Conference on Environment
and Development, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. June.
- Fourth Preparatory
Committee Meeting for the UN Conference on Environment and
Development, New York.
March.
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