US embassy cable - 04MANAMA1909

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BAHRAIN: CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY

Identifier: 04MANAMA1909
Wikileaks: View 04MANAMA1909 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Manama
Created: 2004-12-21 14:00:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: SENV ETRD EAGR EAID TBIO BA
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

211400Z Dec 04
UNCLAS MANAMA 001909 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI BERNS, OES/ETC LEE, AND EB/TPP/ABT SINGH 
USDA FOR FAS/BIG PASSINO 
AMMAN FOR WHITTLESEY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SENV, ETRD, EAGR, EAID, TBIO, BA 
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY 
 
REF: STATE 259661 
 
Post contacted Engineer Zahwa Al Kuwari, Director of the 
Environment Assessment and Planning Directorate, General 
Commission for the Protection of Marine Resources, 
Environment, and Wildlife, to discuss reftel.  Kuwari said 
Bahrain is not a party to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety 
and does not plan to become a member in the coming year. 
Furthermore, GOB representatives will not be attending the 
meeting in Montreal, Canada May - June 2005.  When asked what 
if anything Bahrain is doing in terms of biosafety, Kuwari 
stated the GOB is not doing anything at this time as its 
priority is to strengthen compliance with existing 
conventions. 
MONROE 

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