US embassy cable - 05MASERU424

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CODEX AD HOC TASK FORCE ON BIOTECHNOLOGY

Identifier: 05MASERU424
Wikileaks: View 05MASERU424 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Maseru
Created: 2005-08-17 09:31:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: TBIO EAGR ECON LT
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.

UNCLAS MASERU 000424 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EB -- ATTN: J. BOBO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO, EAGR, ECON, LT 
SUBJECT: CODEX AD HOC TASK FORCE ON BIOTECHNOLOGY 
 
REF: STATE 147159 
 
1. Charge a.i. met August 17 with Stanley Damane, Director of 
the National Environment Secretariat in the Ministry of tourism, 
Environment, and Culture, to deliver the points and non-paper in 
ref.   (Appropriate officials in the Ministry of Agriculture 
have not been available.) 
 
2. Damane said his office was unaware of the upcoming Task Force 
meeting.  He doubted that the GOL, due to budget constraints, 
would send a representative.  Lesotho does not plan to submit 
materials for consideration by participants but the Secretariat 
staff would examine the information in the non-paper and provide 
post with any  substantive comments. 
 
3. Damane added that Lesotho would nevertheless be very 
interested in the Task Force's work.  He noted that the GOL has 
a biosafety policy in place, which covers mainly transboundary 
movement, but not yet any guidelines on biotechnology, an 
important area related to biosafety. 
 
ALBRECHT 

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