Hyderabad ready to host the world biodiversity community

The Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Ahmed Djoghlaf, paid a working visit to India from 5 to 8 October 2011 to discuss preparations for the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and its sixth meeting serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, to be held at the Hyderabad International Convention Center in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India, from 1 to 19 October 2012.

Mr. Djoghlaf met with India’s Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Ms. Jayanthi on

the margins of the Ministerial Dialogue on Green Economy and Inclusive Growth, hosted by India and the

United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, in New Delhi on 3 October 2011. Mr. Djoghlaf and Ms. Natarajan discussed preparations for the high-level segment of the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties, which will be hosted by India from 17 to 19 October 2012.

Following his visit, Mr. Djoghlaf also stated that: ““India is ready to host the world biodiversity summit and to lead by example in promoting the biodiversity agenda at both the international and national levels.”

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